onomatopoeia
n. use or formation of words which sound like the meaning they represent (i.e. ding-dong) | ||||
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Onomatopoeia Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) |
Onomatopoeia
(n.)
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.
(n.)
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.
| WordNet 2.0 |
onomatopoeia
Noun
1. using words that imitate the sound they denote
(hypernym) rhetorical device
Noun
1. using words that imitate the sound they denote
(hypernym) rhetorical device
Onomatopoeia Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Onomatopoeia
Onomatopoeia (occasionally spelled onomatopœia) is a word or a grouping of words that imitates the sound it is describing, suggesting its source object, such as "click," "buzz," or "bluuuh," or animal noises such as "oink", "quack", or "meow". The word is a synthesis of the Greek words "onoma - όνομα name" and "poio - ποιώ" (an ancient verb meaning "to create") thus it essentially means "name creation".
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