fón

Derived from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ).

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoːn]
• Hyphenation: fón
• Rhymes: -oːn

fón m inan

1. phon (unit of apparent loudness)
2. phone (speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties)

• “fón”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “fón”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “fón”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025

Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ).

• IPA^(key): [ˈfoːn]
• Rhymes: -oːn

fón (plural fónok)

1. phone (speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties)

   Synonym: hangszegmentum

• IPA^(key): /fˠoːnˠ/

Clipping of teileafón and/or borrowing from English phone.

fón m (genitive singular fóin, nominative plural fóin)

1. phone (telephone)

   Synonyms: guthán, teileafón

• Alternative plural: fónanna (Cois Fharraige)

• fó’n

fón

1. archaic form of faoin (“about the, under the”)

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “fón”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• de Bhaldraithe, Tomás (1959) “fón”, in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm
• “fón”, in New English-Irish Dictionary, Foras na Gaeilge, 2013–2025

fón

1. superseded spelling of fòn (“phone”)