phonesthemic
[ foh-nuh s-thee-mik ]
/ ˌfoʊ nəsˈθi mɪk /
adjective Linguistics.
(of a speech sound) shared by a set of echoic or symbolic words, as the sn- of sneer, snarl, snatch, snide, snitch, snoop, etc.
Origin of phonesthemic
phonestheme such a sound or group of sounds (coined by J. R. Firth in 1930; apparently
phon- +
(a)esth(etic) +
-eme) +
-ic
Words nearby phonesthemic
phonemic,
phonemicize,
phonemics,
phonendoscope,
phoner,
phonesthemic,
phonet.,
phonetic,
phonetic alphabet,
phonetic law,
phonetician