Etymology of the French word microphone

Date

The earliest known usage of microphone in French dates from the 18th century.

Derivations in French

microphonique, micro

Derivations in other languages

Romanian microfon

Cognates

Dutch microfoon, English microphone, German Mikrophon, German Mikrofon, Italian microfono, Lithuanian mikrofonas, Norwegian mikrofon, Russian микpoфoн, Swedish mikrofon