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on·o·mat·o·poe·ia
\ˌänəˌma]d.əˈpēə, ]təˈ- sometimes ōˌnämə] or ˌänəˌmä] or -pēyə\ noun
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Etymology: Late Latin, from Greek onomatopoiia, from onomato- + -poiia (from poiein to make + -ia -y) — more at poet
1.
a. : formation of words in imitation of natural sounds : the naming of a thing or action by a more or less exact reproduction of the sound associated with it (as buzz, hiss, bobwhite) : the imitative or echoic principle in language — compare bowwow theory
b. : a word so formed
< the international stock of onomatopoeias — Leo Spitzer >
2. : the use of words whose sound suggests the sense
< a study of the poet's onomatopoeia >
• on·o·mat·o·poe·ian \-|pē(y)ən\ adjective |