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pho⋅nes⋅the⋅mic
/
ˌfoʊ
nəsˈθi
mɪk
/
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[
foh-n
uh
s-
thee
-mik
]
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–adjective
Linguistics
.
(of a speech sound) shared by a set of echoic or symbolic words, as the
sn-
of
sneer, snarl, snatch, snide, snitch, snoop,
etc.
Origin:
phonestheme
such a sound or group of sounds (coined by J. R. Firth in 1930; appar.
phon-
+
esth(etic)
+
-eme
) +
-ic
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s-thee-mik] 