phono

[foh-noh] Origin

pho·no

[foh-noh]
noun, plural pho·nos. Informal.

Origin:
by shortening

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an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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phono-

a combining form meaning “sound,” “voice,” used in the formation of compound words: phonology.
Also, especially before a vowel, phon-.
Compare -phone, -phony.


Origin:
1945–50; < Greek, combining form representing phōnḗ voice
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Word Origin & History

phono-
comb. form meaning "sound, voice," from Gk. phono-, comb. form of phone "voice, sound" (see fame).
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Medical Dictionary

phono- or phon-
pref.
Sound; voice; speech: phonometer.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms
phono
phonograph
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