phon
(FOHN)sound
Greek for sound — usually about voice, music, or audio devices.
Example words
telephone
a device that carries voices across distance
microphone
a device that picks up small sounds
phonics
the study of speech sounds
symphony
sounds played together
Words in our dictionary that use this root
Every dataset word containing phon, with the parts it shares with other roots in our set.
telephone
a device that carries voices across distance
microphone
a device that picks up small sounds
phonics
the study of speech sounds
symphony
sounds played together
megaphone
a cone that makes voices louder
euphemism
a polite word used in place of one that might offend
euphonious
pleasing to the ear
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