Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phonaesthetic

/ˌfəʊnɪsˈθɛtɪk/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phonaes-thet-ic
IPA: /ˌfəʊnɪsˈθɛtɪk/

23

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Exhibiting phonaesthesia (correspondence between sound and meaning of a word).

adj

adj

Of or relating to phonaesthetics (aesthetics of phonology).

Example Sentences

"Phonaesthetic motivation, as we said, arises either from crude imitation or from sound association, which can be regarded respectively as (1) onomatopoeic; and (2) symbolic."
"Indeed, if there is anything at all to phonaesthetics, there must be some nonarbitariness to phonetic structure -- at least to people who have some phonaesthetic perceptions (as people on this list have admitted they have), if not to everyone."
"In addition to the history of cultural stereotyping, which certainly plays a role, it’s the comparison of entire sound systems that produces a phonaesthetic character in the mind of the listener: the sounds present, the way they’re combined, the intonational phrasing, and the rate of speech—plus a number of sociological factors."

Etymology

From phon- + aesthetic.

Inflected Forms

more phonaesthetic (comparative) most phonaesthetic (superlative) phonesthetic (alternative)

Questions

How do you pronounce phonaesthetic?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˌfəʊnɪsˈθɛtɪk/.
What does phonaesthetic mean?: Exhibiting phonaesthesia (correspondence between sound and meaning of a word).
Where does phonaesthetic come from?: From phon- + aesthetic.

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