# phonaesthesia

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. Any correspondence between the sound of a word and its meaning; examples include onomatopoeia and the use of phonesthemes.

## Etymology
Apparently coined by British linguist John Rupert Firth. From phon- + -aesthesia.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/phonaesthesia