phonaesthesia

Meanings

Noun

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

Origin / Etymology

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

Synonyms

sound symbolism

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