English Explanatory Dictionary

phono-semantic matching

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The borrowing of a word into one language from another which completely or partially preserves both the original sound and meaning but does so via substitution of etymons.

Word forms

phono-semantic matching phono-semantic matchings PSM

Etymology

Coined by Ghil'ad Zuckermann in 1999.

Related words

loanword unadapted borrowing
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