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/ˈɪ.di.(j)ə(ʊ)ˌfəʊn/ · noun
(grammar) A word that uses sound symbolism to express aspects of events that can be experienced by the senses, like smell, color, shape, sound, action, or movement..
1969 October, William J. Samarin, The Art of Gbeya Insults, in International Journal of American Linguistics 35(4), page 325, JSTOR In insults the ideophone occurs either in its characteristic position, the verb phrase, or uncharacteristically as a modifier in a noun phrase.
Use ideophone when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Ideophone means (grammar) A word that uses sound symbolism to express aspects of events that can be experienced by the senses, like smell, color, shape, sound, action, or movement..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
1969 October, William J. Samarin, The Art of Gbeya Insults, in International Journal of American Linguistics 35(4), page 325, JSTOR In insults the ideophone occurs either in its characteristic position, the verb phrase, or uncharacteristically as a modifier in a noun phrase.
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