English dictionary, thesaurus, translations & etymology
FreeDict.com

Phon — meaning in English

German → English · translate English → German instead

English meaning

  • phone noun A device used to talk to someone over a distance, especially a mobile device that also runs apps.

Senses

Phon is used for these senses in English:

  • phon (acoustics) A unit of apparent loudness, equal in number to the intensity in decibels of a 1,000-hertz tone judged to be as loud as the sound being measured.
  • phone (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.

phone — full definition

  1. noun A device used to talk to someone over a distance, especially a mobile device that also runs apps.
  2. verb To call someone using a telephone.
Vocabulary Flow
Learn more English words in German.
Vocabulary Flow serves English words with the German meaning, one at a time — pronunciation and an example each time. Scroll it either direction.
Learn English in German

Related German words