phono-semantic matching

English

Alternative forms

• PSM (initialism)

Noun

phono-semantic matching (usually uncountable, plural phono-semantic matchings)

1. (linguistics) The borrowing of a word into one language from another which completely or partially preserves both the original sound and meaning but does so via substitution of etymons.

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

See also

• loanword
• unadapted borrowing