-phone
Origin
From Ancient Greek φωνή (phone, "sound"), related to fame.
Full definition of -phone
Suffix
- A type of sound e.g. allophone.
- A device that makes a sound e.g. saxophone.
- A device related to the telephone e.g. textphone.
- A speaker of a certain language e.g. Francophone.
- Part of some classical names, e.g., Persephone, Tisiphone.