aphonia

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UK/eɪˈfəʊ.ni.ə/UK/əˈ-/US/eɪˈfoʊ.ni.ə/

noun

Loss of voice; the inability to speak.

Similar
voicelessness
OriginNew Latin aphōnia ← Ancient Greek ἀφωνία →
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Meanings

nounaphonia (countable and uncountable, plural aphonias)

plural aphonias · alternative dated aphony

  1. countableuncountablemedicineLoss of voice; the inability to speak.

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna disorder of the vocal organs that results in the loss of voice

Similar
voicelessness
Broader
speech disorderspeech defectdefect of speech
Also see
voicelessness

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekἀφωνία“speechlessness”
  2. New Latinaphōnia
  3. Englishaphonia

Learned borrowing from New Latin aphōnia, from Ancient Greek ἀφωνία (aphōnía, “speechlessness”). By surface analysis, a- + -phonia.

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Translations

Ancient Greek ἀφωνία
  • ἀφωνία (aphōnía)loss of voice
Catalan afonia
  • afonialoss of voice
Danish afoni
  • afoniloss of voice
Esperanto afonio
  • afonioloss of voice
Estonian afoonia
  • afoonialoss of voice
Finnish afonia
  • afonialoss of voice
French aphonie
  • aphonieloss of voice
German Aphonie, Stimmlosigkeit
  • Aphonieloss of voice
  • Stimmlosigkeitloss of voice
  • Stimmverlustloss of voice
Greek αφωνία
  • αφωνία (afonía)loss of voice
Hungarian afónia
  • afónialoss of voice
Italian afonia
  • afonialoss of voice
Norwegian Bokmål afoni
  • afoniloss of voice
Polish afonia, bezgłos
  • afonialoss of voice
  • bezgłosloss of voice
Portuguese afonia
  • afonialoss of voice
Romanian afonie
  • afonieloss of voice
Russian афони́я
  • афони́я (afoníja)loss of voice
Spanish afonía
  • afoníaloss of voice
Swedish afoni
  • afoniloss of voice
Urdu بطلان صوت, فقد الصوت
  • بطلان صوت (butlān-e-saut)loss of voice
  • فقد الصوت (faqd-ul-saut)loss of voice

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with aphonia

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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