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fone.

earphone, earpiece

4 characters2 syllables approx.Português language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈfo.ni/Brazil/ˈfɔ.nɨ/Portugal

  1. earphone, earpiece

    masculine

  2. headphones, headset

    in-plural · masculine

  3. speech sound (sound produced by the human vocal tract)

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *kʷelh₁-der. Ancient Greek τῆλε (têle)lbor. French télé- Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. French -phone French téléphonebor. English telephoneclip. English phonebor. Portuguese fone Borrowed from English phone.

verb

  1. inflection of fonar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive

    first-person · form-of · present · singular · subjunctive · third-person

  2. inflection of fonar: third-person singular imperative

    form-of · imperative · singular · third-person
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