Definitions
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- suffix A type of
sound e.g.allophone . - suffix A device that makes a sound e.g.
saxophone . - suffix A device related to the
telephone e.g.textphone . - suffix A
speaker of a certainlanguage e.g.Francophone . - suffix Part of some classical names, e.g.,
Persephone , Tisiphone.
Etymologies
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From Ancient Greek φωνή (phone, "sound"), related to fame.
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