phonon

English

Etymology

phono- +‎ -on. From Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”) +‎ -on. Modelled after photon.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈfoʊ.nɑn/, /ˈfoʊ.nɔn/

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Noun

phonon (plural phonons)

1. (physics) The quantum of acoustic or vibrational energy (sound), considered a discrete particle rather than a wave.
2. (linguistics) A unit of phonemics.

Coordinate terms

• lexon
• photon
• plasmon
• semon

Translations

quantum of acoustic energy

• Armenian: ֆոնոն (fonon)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 聲子／声子 (zh) (shēngzǐ)

• French: phonon (fr) m
• Hindi: ध्वन्यणु (dhvanyaṇu)
• Icelandic: hljóðeind f
• Italian: fonone (it) m
• Japanese: フォノン (fonon), 音子 (おんし, onshi), 音響量子 (おんきょうりょうし, onkyō ryōshi)
• Khmer: សព្ទាណូ (sab tea no)
• Korean: 음향양자(音響量子) (eumhyang'yangja)
• Polish: fonon m
• Portuguese:

  Brazilian: fônon m

  European: fonão m

• Russian: фоно́н (ru) m (fonón)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: фо̀но̄н m

  Roman: fònōn (sh) m

• Swedish: fonon (sv) c

See also

• quasiparticle