Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

grapheme-color

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.93 in modern English

Syllables: graphe-me--col-or
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Relating to the perception of colors caused by the sensing of graphemes. Often modifies the term "synesthesia" or "synesthete".

Example Sentences

"Almost as frequent as grapheme-color synesthesia is the type of crosssensory perception in which sounds are perceived as colored (sound-color synesthesia or colored hearing)."
"Hence, grapheme-colour synaesthetes could often experience a negative emotional response and anger if they read a text with the 'wrong colours' on billboards, on television, or in books."
"Grapheme-color synesthesia wasn't a skill or talent, no matter how much she wished it was at times."
"In this chapter, we explore how grapheme-color synesthesia might be expressed in second languages."
"There were eight participants […] whose number of grapheme-colour pairings differed between the rounds."

Etymology

From grapheme + color.

Inflected Forms

grapheme-colour (alternative) grapheme color (alternative) grapheme colour (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

synesthesia

Questions

What does grapheme-color mean?: Relating to the perception of colors caused by the sensing of graphemes. Often modifies the term "synesthesia" or "synesthete".
Where does grapheme-color come from?: From grapheme + color.

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