ideophone
/ˈɪdɪəfəʊn/ /ˈʌɪdɪəfəʊn/Linguistics
noun
1A term used by A. J. Ellis (in contradistinction to ideograph) for a sound or group of sounds denoting an idea, i.e. a spoken word.
2An onomatopoeic or sound-symbolic word, especially one belonging to particular classes in Bantu languages.
Origin
Late 19th century; earliest use found in Alexander Ellis (1814–1890), phonetician and mathematician.
- process black
- process butter
- process camera
- process chart
- process cheese
- process control
- process controller
- processed cheese
- processed peas
- process engineer
- process engineering
- processer
- process gas
- process heat
- process heating
- procession
- processional
- processional caterpillar
- processionally
- processionary
- processionary caterpillar
- procession caterpillar
- procession day
- processioner
- procession flower