phono

Vinyl player, briefly

Phono is a combining form meaning sound or voice, appearing in words like phonograph, telephone, and phonetic.

As a standalone term, phono typically refers to the input on audio equipment designed for turntables: Plug the turntable into the phono jack.

The phono input applies special equalization that other audio sources don't need.

record

vinyl

Synthetic resin plastic

LP · gramophone · 45rpm · 78rpm · platter · needle · tonearm · sleeve · A-side · album

audio

headphones

Wearable speakers for ears

speaker · stereo · receiver · preamp · soundbar · subwoofer · woofer · tweeter · audiophile · volume

acoustic

sound

Audible wave phenomenon

waveform · resonance · harmonics · oscillation · echo · reverberation · timbre · sonic · ultrasound · infrasound

phonetics

allophone

Non-distinctive sound variation

diphthong · semivowel · glottal · nasal · aspiration · intonation · prosody · segmental · morpheme · grapheme

Categories
Opposites
audio format/medium

phonodigital

Of discrete data

streaming · digital audio · CD · MP3 · Spotify

signal type

phonodigital

Of discrete data

digital input · USB · HDMI · Bluetooth

Phrases
Family

telephone, microphone, symphony, megaphone, phonetics, phonograph, phonology, phonetic, phoneme

Familiarity
Top 1,000,000
Profile
Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Rated G