"sound-symbolic" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

Etymology: From sound symbolism + -ic. Etymology templates: {{suf|en|sound symbolism|-ic}} sound symbolism + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} sound-symbolic (not comparable)
  1. (linguistics, phonology) characterized by sound symbolism Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics, Phonology Synonyms: expressive, imitative, mimological, phonaesthetic, phonosemantic
    Sense id: en-sound-symbolic-en-adj-vrPFTlDU Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences
  2. (linguistics, phonology) characterized by sound symbolism
    (more specifically) (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
    Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Linguistics, Phonology Synonyms: expressive, imitative, mimological, phonaesthetic, phonosemantic
    Sense id: en-sound-symbolic-en-adj-PyNF29iq Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 50 50 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 50 50 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, phonology, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: sound symbolic Hyponyms: expressive, ideophonic, phonesthemic Hyponyms (non-arbitrary): onomatopoeic (english: see there for its synonyms)
Disambiguation of 'non-arbitrary': 50 50
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