fono

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See also: fonò, fono-, and -fono

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Etymology

Borrowed from Russian фон (fon), from French fond, ultimately from Latin fundus (“ground, foundation, bottom”). Compare Italian fondo. Doublet of fundo.

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ono
  • Hyphenation: fo‧no

Noun

fono (accusative singular fonon, plural fonoj, accusative plural fonojn)

  1. (art) background, backdrop

Italian

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɔ.no/
  • Rhymes: -ɔno
  • Hyphenation: fò‧no

Noun

fono m (plural foni)

  1. (phonetics) phone (speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties)

Related terms

Further reading

  • fono in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  • fono in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
  • fono in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
  • fòno in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Samoan

Noun

fono

  1. social class of headmen
  2. assembly of headmen
  3. Parliament

Spanish

Etymology

From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfono/
  • Rhymes: -ono
  • Syllabification: fo‧no

Noun

fono m (plural fonos)

  1. (chiefly Chile) telephone, blower
  2. (phonetics) phone (speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties)

Further reading

West Makian

Pronunciation

Verb

fono

  1. (transitive) to not want
    Antonyms: seba, tope

Conjugation

Conjugation of fono (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tofono mofono afono
2nd person nofono fofono
3rd person inanimate ifono dofono
animate
imperative nofono, fono fofono, fono

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics
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