What is the meaning of Sound_symbolism?

phonetic symbolism

(of a unit of sound or meaning in a language) composed of one or more speech sounds that are associated with the meanings they convey, either intrinsically or by a recurring phono-semantic association

  1. speech sound that is neither arbitrary with respect to meaning nor an onomatopoeia that imitates a real sound
  2. the property of such a sound or sequence of sounds

speech sound that is neither arbitrary with respect to meaning nor an onomatopoeia that imitates a real sound

the property of such a sound or sequence of sounds

Source: wiktionary.org