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Greek & Latin Roots
Lesson 27 phon, phono, phone
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cacophony | (n) harsh sounds; bad noise |
| dysphonia | (n) difficulty producing speech sounds, usually due to hoarseness |
| euphonic | (adj) having a nice sound; pleasant combination of sounds in words |
| gramophone | (n) a device used to play the sounds of music as written on records |
| homophone | (n) a word that has the same sound but a different meaning as another word |
| megaphone | (n) a large funnel-shaped device used to make the voice sound louder by directing the sound waves straight out to listeners (most often used by cheer teams) |
| micorphone | (n) a device used to make small voices sound larger, especially in a big room |
| phonics | (n) the sounds that letters make and the letters that are used to represent sounds |
| phonology | (n) the study of speech sounds in language |
| saxophone | (n) a woodwind instrument that sends out sounds through its curved, metal body |