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Onomatopoeia
Onˊo-matˊo-poe′ia
,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 2025
onomatopoeïa
onomatopoeïa
See also: onomatopoeia and onomatopœia
Latin
Noun
onomatopoeïa f (genitive onomatopoeïae); first declension
- Alternative form of onomatopoeia
Declension
First declension.