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1-phone
noun combining form
: sound
: a speaker of a specified language
Full Definition of -PHONE
1
: sound <homophone> —often in names of musical instruments and sound-transmitting devices <radiophone> <xylophone>
2
: speaker of (a specified language) <Francophone>
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Origin of -PHONE
Greek -phōnos sounding, from phōnē
2-phone
adjective combining form
Definition of -PHONE
: of or relating to a population that speaks (a specified language) <Francophone>
Origin of -PHONE
French, from Greek -phōnos
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