phonic

Multiple Entries:
  phonic    -phone  

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
phonic /ˈfəʊnɪk, ˈfɒnɪk/

▶adjective relating to speech sounds.

■ relating to phonics.

– derivatives
phonically adverb.

– origin C19: from Gk phōnē ‘voice’ + -ic.

Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
-phone/fəʊn/

▶combining form

• 1 denoting an instrument using or connected with sound: megaphone.

• 2 denoting a person who uses a specified language: francophone.

– derivatives
-phonic combining form,
-phony combining form.

– origin from Gk phōnē ‘sound, voice’.