phone 1
/fohn/ , n., v.t., v.i., phoned, phoning .
telephone.
[ 1880-85; by shortening ]
phone 2
— phonal , adj.
/fohn/ , n. Phonet.
a speech sound: There are three phonetically different "t" phones in an utterance of "titillate," and two in an utterance of "tattletale." Cf. allophone, phoneme .
[ 1865-70; phoné voice ]