Definition of -phone

1. Suffix. A type of sound e.g. allophone. ¹

2. Suffix. A device that makes a sound e.g. saxophone. ¹

3. Suffix. A device related to the telephone e.g. textphone. ¹

4. Suffix. A speaker of a certain language e.g. Francophone. ¹

5. Suffix. Part of some classical names, e.g., Persephone, Tisiphone. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of -phone

-pause
-pedia
-penia
-person
-phage
-phagy
-phil
-phile
-philia
-philiac
-philic
-philous
-phobe
-phobia
-phobic
-phone (current term)
-phonic
-phony
-phor
-phore
-phoresis
-phyceae
-phycidae
-phyl
-phyll
-phyta
-phyte
-phytina
-plasia
-plast

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