Meanings
diaphone1
noundiaphone (plural diaphones)
plural diaphones
- A kind of organ pipe.
- A sound signal which produces sound by means of a slotted piston moved back and forth by compressed air.
diaphone2
noundiaphone (plural diaphones)
plural diaphones
- human sciencesA particular dialectal variant of a phoneme; all the dialectal variants of a phoneme, considered as a whole.
Origin
From dia- + phone (i.e., dia(lect) + phone).
Full word history & related roots →Translations
French diaphone
- diaphonephonology: diaphone
German Diaphon
- Diaphonphonology: diaphone
Italian diafono
- diafonophonology: diaphone
Polish diafon, diafon
- diafonkind of pipe organ
- diafonsound signal
- diafonphonology: diaphone
Russian диафо́н
- диафо́н (diafón)sound signal
Cite this entry
APA
diaphone. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diaphone
MLA
“diaphone.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diaphone. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “diaphone,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/diaphone.
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