phonaestheme
/ˌfɒnəsˈθiːm/(also phonestheme) Linguistics
noun
A phoneme or group of phonemes having recognizable semantic associations, as a result of appearing in a number of words of similar meaning.
Origin
1930s; earliest use found in John R. Firth (1890–1960), linguistic scholar. From phone + aesth- + -eme, after phonaesthetic and phoneme.
- centering
- centerpiece
- center-weighted metering
- centesimal
- centesimally
- centesimo
- centi-
- centigrade
- centigrade scale
- centigram
- centile
- centiliter
- centilitre
- centime
- centimeter
- centimetre
- centimetre-gram-second system
- centimo
- centimorgan
- centipede
- cento
- centra
- central
- Central African Republic
- central air