-PHONE


Meaning of -PHONE in English

[-phone] n comb form [Gk -phonos sounding, fr. phone] 1: sound "homophone"--often in names of musical instruments and sound-transmitting devices "radiophone" "xylophone"

2: speaker of (a specified language) "Francophone"

[2]-phone adj comb form [F, fr. Gk -phonos]: of or relating to a population that speaks (a specified language) "Francophone"

Merriam-Webster English vocab.      Английский словарь Merriam Webster.