PHONE


Meaning of PHONE in English

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 ]

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