PHONATION Meaning of PHONATION in English [ fə(ʊ)'neɪʃ(ə)n ]■ noun Phonetics the production of speech sounds.Derivativesphonate verbphonatory adjective OriginC19: from Gk phōnē 'sound, voice' + -ation . Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004