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Onomatopoeia

Onˊo-matˊo-poe′ia

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Noun.
[L., fr. Gr. [GREEK];
ὄνομα
,
ὀνόματος
, a name +
ποιεῖν
to make.]
(Philol.)
The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents;
as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire.

Definition 2024


onomatopoeïa