Associations to the word «Onomatopoeia»
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Wiktionary
ONOMATOPOEIA, noun. (uncountable) The property of a word of sounding like what it represents.
ONOMATOPOEIA, noun. (countable) A word that sounds like what it represents, such as "gurgle" or "hiss".
ONOMATOPOEIA, noun. (uncountable) (rhetoric) The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names.
ONOMATOPŒIA, noun. Obsolete spelling of onomatopoeia
Dictionary definition
ONOMATOPOEIA, noun. Using words that imitate the sound they denote.
Wise words
Man is a creature who lives not upon bread alone, but
principally by catch words.