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Esperanto
Etymology
Borrowed from Russian фон (fon), from French fond, ultimately from Latin fundus (“ground, foundation, bottom”). Compare Italian fondo. Doublet of fundo.
Pronunciation
Noun
fono (accusative singular fonon, plural fonoj, accusative plural fonojn)
- (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)
- (phonetics) phone (speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties)
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
- social class of headmen
- assembly of headmen
- Parliament
Spanish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfono/
- Rhymes: -ono
- Syllabification: fo‧no
Noun
fono m (plural fonos)
- (chiefly Chile) telephone, blower
- (phonetics) phone (speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties)
Further reading
West Makian
Pronunciation
Verb
fono
- (transitive) to not want
- Antonyms: seba, tope
Conjugation
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics