Ancient Greek dictionary · noun
φωνή
sound
Transliteration: phone
Dictionary forms: φωνή, φωνῆς
Inflection: first declension
Meaning and definitions
- sound
- usually of the human voice: voice, cry, yell
- the voice or cry of animals
- any articulate sound (especially vowels)
- speech, discourse
- language
Connected roots
- phon-
sound, voice
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- telephone
a device that transmits speech over distances by converting sound to signals
- microphone
an instrument for converting sound waves into electrical energy
- saxophone
A single-reed instrument musical instrument of the woodwind family, usually made of brass and with a distinctive loop bringing the bell upwards.
- phonetic
Relating to the sounds of spoken language.
- megaphone
a cone-shaped device for amplifying and directing the voice
- phonograph
A device that captures sound waves onto an engraved archive; a lathe.
- phonology
The study of the way sounds function in languages, including accent, intonation, phonemes, stress, and syllable structure, and which sounds are distinctive units within a language; (countable) the way sounds function within a given language; a phonological system.
- hydrophone
a transducer that converts underwater sound waves into electrical signals, rather like a microphone
Recorded forms
| Form | Grammar |
|---|---|
| φωνή | nom. sg. |
| φωναί | nom. pl. |
| φωνῆς | gen. sg. |
| φωνῶν | gen. pl. |
| φωνῇ | dat. sg. |
| φωναῖς | dat. pl. |
| φωνήν | acc. sg. |
| φωνᾱ́ς | acc. pl. |
| φωνή | voc. sg. |
| φωναί | voc. pl. |
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