-phany

American

a combining form occurring in loanwords from Greek, meaning “appearance,” “manifestation” (epiphany ); used in the formation of compound words (Christophany; Satanophany ).

-phany British

combining form

indicating a manifestation

theophany

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

-phanous

combining form

Etymology

Origin of -phany

< Greek -phania, akin to phaínesthai to appear

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