phonestheme
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English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From phonesthesia + -eme.
Noun
[edit]phonestheme (plural phonesthemes)
- (linguistics) A sound that, because it appears in a number of words of similar meaning, has a recognizable semantic association.
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[edit]References
[edit]- OED 2006 (online)