Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

synesthesia

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.25 in modern English

Syllables: synes-the-sia
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative spelling of synaesthesia.

American usage; Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"[…] R. H. Gault's case of synesthesia in a deaf and blind girl, who could distinguish colors by the sense of smell, […]"
"Because of this, SSDs are one of the first technologies to meaningfully demonstrate just what synesthesia – or at least one kind of it – might feel like to those who have never had it."
"[S]ynesthetes themselves can provide the indispensable cues to design a structured qualitative questionnaire: color synesthesias and their variations during sexual arousal, direct physical stimulation, and orgasm […] can help scientists differentiate the specific triggers and their characteristics."

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.? Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.? Proto-Hellenic *ksún Ancient Greek σύν (sún) Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-)der. English syn- English -esthesia English synesthesia From syn- + -esthesia.

Usage

Inflected Forms

synesthesias (plural)

Derived Forms

pseudosynesthesia synesthesiac

Synonyms

synaesthesia

Questions

What does synesthesia mean?: Alternative spelling of synaesthesia.
Where does synesthesia come from?: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱómder.? Proto-Indo-European *sem-der.? Proto-Hellenic *ksún Ancient Greek σύν (sún) Ancient Greek σῠν- (sŭn-)der. English syn- English -esthesia English synesthesia From syn- + -esthesia.

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