phonaesthesia

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

Any correspondence between the sound of a word and its meaning; examples include onomatopoeia and the use of phonesthemes.

phonaesthesia phonesthesia

Apparently coined by British linguist John Rupert Firth. From phon- + -aesthesia.

sound symbolism

ideophone phonaestheme

phonaesthetic phonaesthetics

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