- telephoneA telecommunication device which converts data or sounds (usually speech) into electrical signals which are then transmitted to enable two or more people to communicate with each other over a distance; now usually a device having a dial or keypad with numerals for entering a number, etc., to connect with a person, and means (such as a sound or vibration) for alerting one to an incoming call or transmission; also, the handset or receiver of such a device.
- saxophoneA single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards.
- francophoneFrench-speaking.
- phononThe quantum of acoustic or vibrational energy (sound), considered a discrete particle rather than a wave.
- phonationThe process of producing vocal sound by the vibration of the vocal folds that is in turn modified by the resonance of the vocal tract.
- apophonyModification of an internal vowel sound in a word or linguistic root, especially so as to establish a lexical distinction.
- dentiphoneAn instrument which, placed against the teeth, conveys sound to the auditory nerve; an audiphone.
- -phoneA type of sound.
- -phonicForms adjectives relating to sound.
- phono-Relating to sound