phonaesthesia

== English == === Alternative forms === phonesthesia === Etymology === Apparently coined by British linguist John Rupert Firth. From phon- +‎ -aesthesia. === Noun === phonaesthesia (uncountable) (linguistics) Any correspondence between the sound of a word and its meaning; examples include onomatopoeia and the use of phonesthemes. ==== Synonyms ==== sound symbolism ==== Hypernyms ==== synaesthesia ==== Derived terms ==== phonaesthetic phonaesthetics ==== Related terms ==== ideophone phonaestheme