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Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
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prefix
Pertaining to the colon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: morpheme
Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology tree Ancient Greek κόλον (kólon)bor. Latin colon New Latinder. English colo- From international scientific vocabulary, reflecting a New Latin combining form, from Latin colon, whence also English colon.
