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| -phone |
suffix |
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| Definition: |
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1. a device that emits or receives sounds, e.g. a musical instrument
 diaphone
 hydrophone
 sousaphone
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2. a telephone
 speakerphone
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3. a speech sound
 isophone
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4. a speaker of a particular language
 Francophone
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| [< Greek phōnē "sound, voice"] |
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 -phonic suffix |
 -phony suffix |
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