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onomatopoeia

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onomatopoeia


Main Entry:
on·o·mato·poe·ia Listen to the pronunciation of onomatopoeia
Pronunciation:
\ˌä-nə-ˌmä-tə-ˈpē-ə, -ˌma-\
Function:
noun
Etymology:
Late Latin, from Greek onomatopoiia, from onomat-, onoma name + poiein to make — more at poet
Date:
circa 1577
1 : the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (as buzz, hiss) 2 : the use of words whose sound suggests the sense
— on·o·mato·poe·ic Listen to the pronunciation of onomatopoeic \-ˈpē-ik\ or on·o·mato·po·et·ic Listen to the pronunciation of onomatopoetic \-pō-ˈe-tik\ adjective
— on·o·mato·poe·i·cal·ly Listen to the pronunciation of onomatopoeically \-ˈpē-ə-k(ə-)lē\ or on·o·mato·po·et·i·cal·ly Listen to the pronunciation of onomatopoetically \-pō-ˈe-ti-k(ə-)lē\ adverb
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