How to spell megaphone

Megaphone is spelled M-E-G-A-P-H-O-N-E.

hear itmeg·a·phone/'mɛɡə,foʊn/nounHidden vowels

What it means: A device to amplify sound.

In a sentence: The teacher used a megaphone to call the kids to the playground.

Same family: microphone, telephone, phonics, saxophone, speaker. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Megaphone is built from two Greek roots: "mega" meaning "great" or "large," and "phone" meaning "sound" or "voice." So the word literally means "big sound," which is exactly what a megaphone makes your voice become.

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