phono- /fō-nō-, fō-no- or fō-nə-/

Denoting voice or sound

phonocamptic /fō-nə-kampˈtik/ adjective (Gr kamptein to bend; archaic)

1. Reflecting sound, echoing
2. Relating to echoes

phonocampˈtics singular noun

The branch of acoustics dealing with echoes

phonocarˈdiogram noun

A tracing of the sounds made by the heart, recorded by phonocarˈdiograph

phōˈnofiddle noun

A one-stringed musical instrument which emits sounds through a metal amplifying horn

phonogram /fōˈnə-gram/ noun

1. A character representing a sound
2. A phonographic record

phonograph /fōˈnə-gräf/ noun

1. (Gr graphein to write) a character used in writing, etc to represent a sound
2. Edison's instrument for recording sounds on a cylinder and reproducing them
3. The ordinary word for any gramophone (old US)

phonographer /fō-nogˈrə-fər/ or phonogˈraphist noun

A writer of phonographic shorthand

phonographic /fō-nə-grafˈik/ adjective

1. Phonetic
2. Of phonography
3. Of or by means of the phonograph

phonographˈically adverb

phonogˈraphy /fō-nogˈrə-fi/ noun

1. The art of representing each spoken sound by a distinct character
2. Pitman's phonetic shorthand
3. The use of the phonograph

phonologˈical adjective

phonolˈogist noun

phonology /fō-nolˈə-ji/ noun

1. (Gr logos discourse) phonetics
2. Now generally (the study of) the system of sounds in a language, and sometimes the history of their changes

phonophoˈbia noun

A morbid fear of noise, or of speaking aloud

phonophore /fōˈnə-fōr or -för/ or phonopore /fōˈnō-pōr or -pör/ noun

1. (Gr phoros carrying, poros passage) a sound-conducting apparatus, of various kinds
2. A device for telephoning and telegraphing simultaneously by the same wire

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