phon
sound, voice
Greek · phone (φωνή)
Greek phone 'sound, voice'. A phon- word is about sound: a telephone carries voice far, a microphone makes small sound big, and a homophone sounds the same as another word.
Memory trick
PHONE is a voice machine: every phon- word has sound in it.
Words from this root
- phone (phone) — device for voice callsफ़ोन
- telephone (tele + phone) — voice carried from farटेलीफ़ोन
- smartphone (smart + phone) — phone with computer featuresस्मार्टफ़ोन
- microphone (micro + phone) — device that makes sound louderमाइक्रोफ़ोन
- megaphone (mega + phone) — cone that makes voice bigलाउडस्पीकर, भोंपू
- headphone (head + phone) — speaker worn on earsहेडफ़ोन
- homophone (homo + phone) — word with same soundसमध्वनि शब्द
- phoneme (phon + eme) — smallest unit of speech soundस्वनिम, ध्वनि इकाई
- phonemic (phoneme + ic) — about speech soundsस्वनिमिक
- euphony (eu + phon + y) — pleasant soundमधुर ध्वनि
- euphonious (eu + phon + ious) — sweet-soundingकर्णप्रिय
- cacophony (caco + phon + y) — harsh mixed noiseकर्कश शोर
- cacophonous (caco + phon + ous) — harsh-soundingकर्कश