sinestesia

Internationalism, from Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “with”) + αἴσθησις (aísthēsis, “sensation”)

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /sinɛsteˈsia/ [si.nɛs.t̪eˈsi.a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Syllabification: si‧nes‧te‧si‧a

sinestesia (uncountable)

1. (neurology, psychology, art, literature) synaesthesia, synesthesia

• “sinestesia”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

• Rhymes: -ia

• IPA^(key): /si.nes.teˈzi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: si‧ne‧ste‧sì‧a

sinestesia f (plural sinestesie)

1. synesthesia

• Hyphenation: si‧nes‧te‧si‧a
• Homophone: cinestesia

sinestesia f (plural sinestesias)

1. (neurology, psychology) synaesthesia (phenomenon whereby a sensory stimulus triggers a different kind of sensation)
2. (narratology) synaesthesia (description of a sensation in the terms of another)

• “sinestesia”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sinestesia”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

• IPA^(key): /sinesˈtesja/ [si.nesˈt̪e.sja]
• Rhymes: -esja
• Syllabification: si‧nes‧te‧sia

sinestesia f (plural sinestesias)

1. (neurology, psychology) synaesthesia (phenomenon whereby a sensory stimulus triggers a different kind of sensation)
2. (narratology) synaesthesia (description of a sensation in the terms of another)

• “sinestesia”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025