Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

phonestheme

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: phon-es-theme
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A sound that, because it appears in a number of words of similar meaning, has a recognizable semantic association.

Etymology

From phonesthesia + -eme.

Inflected Forms

phonesthemes (plural) phonaestheme (alternative)

Derived Forms

phonesthemic

Questions

What does phonestheme mean?: A sound that, because it appears in a number of words of similar meaning, has a recognizable semantic association.
Where does phonestheme come from?: From phonesthesia + -eme.

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