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7 letters · 12 points in Scrabble
Meaning
verb utter speech sounds
originFrom 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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