noun
Meaning 1
A kind of organ pipe.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
diaphone
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Sound
Pronunciation
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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noun
Meaning 2
A sound signal which produces sound by means of a slotted piston moved back and forth by compressed air.
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noun
Meaning 3
A particular dialectal variant of a phoneme; all the dialectal variants of a phoneme, considered as a whole.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
a foghorn that makes a signal consisting of two tones
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: foghorn
History
Etymology
From dia- + phone (i.e., dia(lect) + phone).
Across languages
Translations
4 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Russian: диафо́н (diafón) — sound signal
- French: diaphone — phonology: diaphone
- German: Diaphon — phonology: diaphone
- Italian: diafono — phonology: diaphone