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phonoreception

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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.

  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌfəʊnə(ʊ)ɹɪˈsɛpʃn̩/
  • General-American: /ˌfoʊnoʊɹəˈsɛpʃ(ə)n/
  • rhymes with -ɛpʃən

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noun

Meaning 1

The perception of sound by animals through specialized sense organs; hearing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Topics: medicine, physiology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bheh2-der. Proto-Hellenic *phōnā́ Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ)der. English phono- English reception English phonoreception From phono- + reception.