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phonosemantics

phonosemantics noun: phonetic symbolism.

Noun

phonosemantics (uncountable)

  1. phonetic symbolism

Origin of phonosemantics

From phono- + semantics.

Questions about phonosemantics

What does phonosemantics mean?
Phonosemantics means phonetic symbolism.
What part of speech is phonosemantics?
Phonosemantics is a noun.

Words near phonosemantics in the dictionary

  1. phonoscopes
  2. phonoscène
  3. phonoscènes
  4. phonosemantic
  5. phonosemantically
  6. phonosemantics
  7. phonostatistics
  8. phonosurgery
  9. phonosurgical
  10. phonotactic
  11. phonotactical

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