How to spell microphone

Microphone is spelled M-I-C-R-O-P-H-O-N-E.

hear itmi·cro·phone/'maɪkrə,foʊn/nounHidden vowels

What it means: A device that converts sound into electrical signals.

In a sentence: The singer spoke into the microphone to sing her song.

Same family: mic, microphones, microphoned, microphonic, microphone stand. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: “Microphone” comes from Greek roots: “micro-” meaning “small” and “-phone” meaning “sound” or “voice.” It was first used in the late 1800s for devices that could pick up very small sounds and make them louder.

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