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aphonia

/eɪˈfəʊ.ni.ə/US/eɪˈfoʊ.ni.ə/

aphonia noun: loss of voice; the inability to speak.

Noun

aphonia (countable and uncountable, plural aphonias)

  1. Loss of voice; the inability to speak.

aphonia meaning in Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

aphonia in Tamil

குரலின்மை, பேச்சொலியின்மை, நரம்புக்கோளாறமினால் பேச்சாற்றல் இழப்பு

aphonia in Urdu

loss of voice
بطلان صوت butlān-e-saut, فقد الصوت faqd-ul-saut

aphonia in Bengali

কণ্ঠস্বর হারানো, কথা বলতে না পারা

Forms of aphonia

pluralaphonias
alternative form (dated)aphony

Origin of aphonia

Learned borrowing from New Latin aphōnia, from Ancient Greek ἀφωνία (aphōnía, “speechlessness”). By surface analysis, a- + -phonia.

Words that rhyme with aphonia

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Questions about aphonia

What does aphonia mean?
Aphonia means loss of voice; the inability to speak.
What is aphonia in Tamil?
Aphonia in Tamil is குரலின்மை, பேச்சொலியின்மை, நரம்புக்கோளாறமினால் பேச்சாற்றல் இழப்பு. See Aphonia meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is aphonia?
Aphonia is a noun.
How do you pronounce aphonia?
Aphonia is pronounced /eɪˈfəʊ.ni.ə/ (UK).
What is the plural of aphonia?
The plural of aphonia is aphonias.

Words near aphonia in the dictionary

  1. aphobes
  2. aphobia
  3. aphodiid
  4. aphodiids
  5. aphodiine
  6. aphonia
  7. aphonias
  8. aphonic
  9. aphonics
  10. aphonies
  11. aphonized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aphonia (page history and authors); aphonia (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aphonia (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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