Polyglot Dictionary

megafone

/meɡaˈfoni/

o noun B2

o (masc.) a (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
os megafones

Meaning

  1. megaphone

    Built from mega (mega) + fone (sound).

    • Falou no megafone.

      He spoke into the megaphone.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Made of

  • mega mega
  • fone sound

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

megáfono

megáfono is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "megaphone."

Practice

1 What does megafone mean?

2 Fill the gap: Falou no ___.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches megafone?

nouncompound

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