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fone

Portuguese, noun/ˈfo.ni/

fone is spelled F-O-N-E (4 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 11,403rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fone is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “earphone, earpiece” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present subjunctive of fonar. The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “conjunto de pequenos auto-falantes encaixáveis às entradas dos canais auditivos que são ligados a um fio que…”.

What does fone mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculineearphone, earpiece

  2. 2

    masculineheadphones, headset

  3. 3

    masculinespeech sound (sound produced by the human vocal tract)

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present subjunctive

  2. 2

    third-person singular imperative

suffix

as -fone
  1. 1

    masculine-phone

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

suffix: 1. dispositivo que produz, amplifica ou transmite som

noun: 1. conjunto de pequenos auto-falantes encaixáveis às entradas dos canais auditivos que são ligados a um fio que converge num cabo com ponta conectável a um aparelho produtor de áudio 2. parte móvel de um aparelho telefônico que possui um alto-falante em uma extremidade e um microfone na outra e que se aproxima à cabeça para usar 3. o próprio microfone da antedita parte de aparelho telefônico 4. número telefônico

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of fone

  • fones plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce fone?

  • Brazil /ˈfo.ni/
  • Portugal /ˈfɔ.nɨ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to fone

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is fone in Portuguese?

fone appears 5.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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