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Etymology

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From Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoh₂-néh₂, from *bʰeh₂- (to speak) (whence φημί (phēmí, to say, speak)).[1]

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Noun

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φωνή (phōnḗf (genitive φωνῆς); first declension

  1. sound
  2. usually of the human voice: voice, cry, yell
  3. the voice or cry of animals
  4. any articulate sound (especially vowels)
  5. speech, discourse
  6. language

Inflection

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Catalan: fon
  • Greek: φωνή (foní)
  • English: -phone
  • Italiot Greek: fonì

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  1. ^ Beekes, Robert S. P. (2010) “φωνή”, in Etymological Dictionary of Greek (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 10), with the assistance of Lucien van Beek, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 1601-2

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Greek

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ), from Proto-Hellenic *pʰōnā́, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰoh₂-néh₂, from *bʰeh₂- (to speak).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /foˈni/
  • Hyphenation: φω‧νή

Noun

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φωνή (foníf (plural φωνές)

  1. voice, sound
  2. (music) voice, note
  3. (grammar, linguistics) voice
    ενεργητική φωνήenergitikí foníactive voice
    παθητική φωνήpathitikí fonípassive voice
    μέση φωνήmési fonímiddle voice
    μεσοπαθητική φωνήmesopathitikí fonímediopassive voice

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