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Greek
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φωνῆεν (phōnêen) the noun formed from φωνήεις (phōnḗeis, “gifted with speech”), from φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice”) + suffix -ήεις (-ḗeis).[1]
Noun
φωνήεν • (foníen) n (plural φωνήεντα)
- (linguistics) vowel
- (typography) letter representing a vowel
Declension
- see: φωνή n (foní, “sound, voice”)
References
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φωνήεν - Babiniotis, Georgios (2008) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: (in Greek), 3rd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias , 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.
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