phono-semantic matching

English

Alternative forms

PSM (initialism)

Noun

phono-semantic matching (plural phono-semantic matchings)

(linguistics) The borrowing of a word into one language from another which completely or partially preserves both the original sound and meaning.

Translations

borrowing

Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: vierassanaa äänteellisesti ja merkityksellisesti jäljittelevä uudismuodoste (no exact equivalent)

French: please add this translation if you can
German: phono-semantische Angleichung f

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