Definition of Onomatopoeia

1. Noun. Using words that imitate the sound they denote.

Generic synonyms: Rhetorical Device
Derivative terms: Onomatopoeical, Onomatopoetic, Onomatopoetic

Definition of Onomatopoeia

1. Noun. The property of a word of sounding like what it represents. ¹

2. Noun. A word that sounds like what it represents, such as "gurgle" or "hiss". ¹

3. Noun. (uncountable rhetoric) The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names. ¹

4. Noun. (alternative spelling of onomatopoeia) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Onomatopoeia

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Onomatopoeia

1. 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. It has been maintained by some philologist that all primary words, especially names, were formed by imitation of natural sounds. Origin: L, fr. Gr., a name + to make. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Onomatopoeia

onomasts
onomatapoeia
onomatechny
onomatologies
onomatologist
onomatologists
onomatology
onomatomania
onomatope
onomatopeia
onomatopeias
onomatopeic
onomatopes
onomatophobia
onomatopies
onomatopoeia (current term)
onomatopoeiae
onomatopoeias
onomatopoeic
onomatopoeical
onomatopoeically
onomatopoetic
onomatopoetically
onomatopoiesis
onomatopy
onomatopœical
onomatopœiæ
onomomancy
onondagas
onoratoite

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