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-phonia

-phonia suffix: forms nouns describing a condition related to production of voice or reaction to sound. Also the alternative form of -phony.

Suffix

-phonia

  1. Forms nouns describing a condition related to production of voice or reaction to sound.

Also used as

-phonia is also the alternative form of -phony.

Origin of -phonia

Learned borrowing from Classical Latin -phōnia, from Ancient Greek -φωνία (-phōnía). By surface analysis, -phone + -ia. Doublet of -phony.

Questions about -phonia

What does -phonia mean?
-phonia means forms nouns describing a condition related to production of voice or reaction to sound.
What part of speech is -phonia?
-phonia is a suffix.

Words near -phonia in the dictionary

  1. -phobia
  2. -phobiac
  3. -phobic
  4. -phobics
  5. -phone
  6. -phonia
  7. -phonic
  8. -phonics
  9. -phonous
  10. -phony
  11. -phor

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