Meaning

2 senses

  1. (not comparable)Characterized by sound symbolism

  2. Characterized by sound symbolism

    (not comparable)(of a unit of sound or meaning such as a word, morpheme, phoneme, syllable, etc.) composed of speech sounds that are not arbitrary but also not overtly onomatopoeic

    "Bouba" and "Kiki" are sound-symbolic labels, not directly imitating any actual sound but nonetheless carrying strong intrinsic associations with roundness and pointiness, respectively.

Origin

From sound symbolism + -ic.

From sound symbolism + -ic.

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Synonyms

6 synonyms
expressiveB2ideophonicimitativemimologicalphonaestheticphonosemantic

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
soundB2soundlysoundnesssoundtrackB2
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