different between phonetics vs phone

English

Etymology

phonetic +? -ics.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??n?t?ks/

Noun

phonetics (uncountable)

1. (linguistics) The study of the physical sounds of human speech, concerned with the physical properties of speech sounds (phones), and the processes of their physiological production, auditory reception, and neurophysiological perception, and their representation by written symbols.

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Ctesiphon, sphenotic

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /f???n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /fo??n/
• Rhymes: -??n, -o?n

Etymology 1

Clipping of telephone; attested by 1884.

Alternative forms

• 'phone (dated)

Noun

phone (plural phones)

1. A device for transmitting conversations and other sounds in real time across distances, now often a small portable unit also capable of running software etc.

Hyponyms

Derived terms

• phonecall
• phoneless
• speakerphone

Related terms

• phone sex
• phone tag

Descendants

• ? Hindi: ???? (fon)
• ? Irish: fón
• ? Portuguese: fone
• ? Urdu: ???? (fon)
• ? Welsh: ffôn

Translations

See also

• Thesaurus:phone

Verb

phone (third-person singular simple present phones, present participle phoning, simple past and past participle phoned)

1. (transitive) To call (someone) using a telephone.

Synonyms

• call, ring, telephone

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

From Ancient Greek ???? (ph?n?, “sound”).

Noun

phone (plural phones)

1. (phonetics) A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.

Related terms

• phonetic
• phonetically
• phonetics
• phonology
• phoneme

Translations

Anagrams

• nepho-, pheno-, pheon

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f?n/

Noun

phone m (plural phones)

1. phon (a unit of apparent loudness)
2. (linguistics) phone

Verb

phone

1. first-person singular present indicative of phoner
2. third-person singular present indicative of phoner
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of phoner
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of phoner
5. second-person singular imperative of phoner

Further reading

• “phone” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).