Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

diaphone

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
di-a-phone
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A kind of organ pipe.

noun

A sound signal which produces sound by means of a slotted piston moved back and forth by compressed air.

noun

A particular dialectal variant of a phoneme; all the dialectal variants of a phoneme, considered as a whole.

Etymology

From dia- + phone (i.e., dia(lect) + phone).

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

diaphones (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

diaphoneme diaphonic diaphonology

Questions

What does diaphone mean?
A kind of organ pipe.
Where does diaphone come from?
From dia- + phone (i.e., dia(lect) + phone).

How to pronounce diaphone

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