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