Meaning

2 senses

  1. (intransitive)To make sounds with one's voice.

    utter speech sounds

  2. (transitive)To use one's voice to make specific sounds.

Origin

From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), modelled aft

From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “voice, sound”) + -ate (verb-forming suffix), modelled after phonation, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- (“to say, speak”).

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Forms

phonates, phonating, phonated, phonated
Base formphonate · to phonate
3rd person singularphonates
Present participlephonating
Past simplephonated
Past participlephonated

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyphonate
he, she, itphonates

Past simpleLesson

all personsphonated

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave phonated
he, she, ithas phonated

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill phonate

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

3 related words
Relatedphonatedphonationphone

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
phophobiaphoebephoneA1phonemephonemic
phonate — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto