-PHONY


Meaning of -PHONY in English

fənē, -ni noun combining form

also -pho·nia ˈfōnēə

( plural -phonies also -phonias )

Etymology: Middle English -phonie, from Old French, from Latin -phonia, from Greek -phōnia, from -phōnos -sounding (from phōnein to sound) + -ia -y — more at phonetic

1. : sound

acro phony

caco phony

2. usually -phonia : speech disorder (of a specified type especially relating to phonation)

dys phonia

bary phony

— compare -lalia , -phasia , -phemia

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