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Meaning of -phonous | Babel Free

Phrase CEFR B2

Definitions

Of the sound, voice, or speech sound of the specified type.

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Examples

“What the writer says on the subject of accent, as it may be marked on that uniphonous instrument the drum, illustrates what had been written on the subject a century ago, by Malcolm; […]”
“Micrŏphōnus, a, um. (Μικρός, small; φωνή, the voice.) Med., Physiol. Having a slender weak voice: micropho′nous.”
“Notwithstanding the increasing attempts of the clergy to exclude the people from participating in the services of the Church, the laity continued for a long time the practice of hypophonous chants, which consisted of responses to the intonation, the reading, and the prayere of the clergy, and of the so-called Acroteleutia, or responses to the psalms sung by the clergy.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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