Standard Lemma guide

xenophone

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.

  • UK: /ˈzɛn.ə.fəʊn/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: Xenophon

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noun

Meaning 1

A sound in speech that is not native to the language being spoken; a sound from a foreign language.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonetics, phonology, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From xeno- + -phone.

Across languages

Translations

1 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: vieras äänne — A sound in speech that is not native to a language