-phony
suff.（后缀）
语源
suff.（后缀）
- Sound:
表示“声音”：
telephony.
电话
语源
- Greek -phōnia
希腊语 -phōnia - from phōnē [sound, voice] * see bhā- 2
源自 phōnē [声音，声响] *参见 bhā- 2
-phony
combining form in countable noun
indicating a specified type of sound
⇒
cacophony
⇒
euphony
Derived Forms
-phonic combining form in adjectiveOrigin
from Greek -phōnia, from phōnē sound-phony
Word Origin
1
a combining form used in the formation of abstract nouns corresponding to nouns ending in -phone:
telephony.
Origin
< Greek -phōnia; see -phone, -y3
Related Words
- acrophony
- apophony
- cacophony
- egophony
- heterophony
- lamprophony
-phonya word element used in abstract nouns related to -phone, as in telephony.
[Greek -phōnia]-phony
noun combining form
also -phonia
telephony
2. usually -phonia : speech disorder of a (specified) type
dysphonia
noun combining form
also -phonia
ETYMOLOGY Latin -phonia, from Greek -phōnia, from -phōnos sounding — more at -phone
1. soundtelephony
2. usually -phonia : speech disorder of a (specified) type
dysphonia
ORIGIN: from Greek -phōnia from phōnē sound, voice: see -y 3
-pho·ny
\fənē, -ni\ noun combining form
also -pho·nia\ˈfōnēə\
(plural -phonies also -phonias)
Etymology: Middle English -phonie, from Old French, from Latin -phonia, from Greek -phōnia, from -phōnos -sounding (from phōnein to sound) + -ia -y — more at phonetic
1. : sound
< acrophony >
< cacophony >
2. usually -phonia : speech disorder (of a specified type especially relating to phonation)
< dysphonia >
< baryphony >
— compare -lalia, -phasia, -phemia
also -pho·nia
1.
< acrophony >
< cacophony >
2. usually -phonia
< dysphonia >
< baryphony >
— compare -lalia, -phasia, -phemia
-phony
Suffix
- Forms nouns related to sound or musical structure