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-phone


suffix
[Language: Greek;Origin: -phonos 'sounding', from phone; PHON-]
[in nouns]
an instrument or machine relating to sound or hearing, especially a musical instrument
 earphones (=for listening to a radio etc)
 a saxophone
[in nouns]technical
someone who speaks a particular language
 a Francophone (=someone who speaks French)
[in adjectives]
speaking a particular language
 Francophone nations (=nations where French is spoken)