-phony

/-fəni/

suffix

sound or its production

OriginFrench -phonie ← Old French -phonie ← Classical Latin -phōnia →
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Meanings

suffix
  1. Forms nouns related to:
    1. sound or its production
    2. musical structure
    3. language sounds and languages
    4. medical auscultation
    5. voice (Alternative form of -phonia)

Origin

  1. Ancient Greek-φωνία
  2. Classical Latin-phōnia
  3. Old French-phonie
  4. French-phonie
  5. English-phony

From French -phonie, from Old French -phonie, and its etymon Classical Latin -phōnia, from Ancient Greek -φωνία (-phōnía). By surface analysis, -phone + -y. Doublet of -phonia.

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Translations

Ancient Greek -φωνίᾱ
  • -φωνίᾱ (-phōníā)Translations
Danish -foni
  • -foniTranslations
Dutch -fonie
  • -fonieTranslations
French -phonie
  • -phonieTranslations
Hungarian -fónia
  • -fóniaTranslations
Latin -phōnia
  • -phōniaTranslations
Polish -fonia
  • -foniaTranslations
Spanish -fonía
  • -foníaTranslations
Cite this entry
APA

-phony. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-phony

MLA

“-phony.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-phony. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “-phony,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/-phony.

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