n. a device into which people speak or sing in order to record their voices or to make them sound louder.

n. a method of teaching people to read and pronounce words by learning the sounds of letters, letter groups, and syllables.

n. a musical instrument that has a curved metal tube and is played by blowing into a mouthpiece and pressing keys with your fingers

n. a long piece of music that is usually in four large, separate sections and is performed by an orchestra or band.

n. a person who writes news stories for a newspaper, magazine, etc.

n. a person who had a job or position before someone else

n. a medical doctor, especially a doctor who is not a surgeon.

n. a person who plays the piano

n. a person who lives in a colony

The root "phon" means:

The suffixes "-er", "-or", "ian", and "-ist" mean: