phone box |
(chiefly British) a small enclosed structure containing a public telephone; phone booth. |
phoneme |
in linguistics, any of the minimal units of sound that are part of the sound system of any language. |
phonemic |
of or relating to phonemes or phonemics. [2 definitions] |
phonemics |
(used with a sing. verb) the scholarly study of phonemes. |
phone number |
a short form of telephone number. |
phonetic |
of or relating to phonetics. [3 definitions] |
phonetic alphabet |
an alphabet that contains a character for each distinguishable speech sound. |
phonetics |
(used with a sing. verb) the study of the production, perception, transcription, and classification of speech sounds. |
phoney |
variant of phony. |
phonic |
of or relating to speech sounds. |
phonics |
(used with a sing. verb) a method of teaching spelling, pronunciation, and reading that uses a phonetic rendering of the standard spelling system. [2 definitions] |
phono- |
voice; sound. |
phonogram |
a sign or symbol in a phonetic writing system such as shorthand, that represents a word, phrase, syllable, or speech sound. |
phonograph |
a machine that reproduces sound that has been recorded on a grooved disk; record player. |
phonography |
the practice of transcribing speech sounds into symbols; phonetic spelling, writing, or transcription. [2 definitions] |
phonolite |
a fine-grained volcanic rock that rings when it is struck. |
phonology |
the study of speech sounds and their analysis in phonetics and phonemics. |
phonon |
a quantum of sound or vibrational energy that is used to calculate the thermal and vibrational properties of solids. (Cf. photon.) |
phonoscope |
a device that produces a visible representation of sound, used esp. to test the quality of the strings of musical instruments. |
-phony |
sound (of a specified kind). |
phony |
(informal) not real or genuine; fake. [2 definitions] |