onomatopeia.
onomatopoeia (property of a word of sounding like what it represents)
Meaning & usage
onomatopoeia (property of a word of sounding like what it represents)
onomatopoeia (word that sounds like what it represents)
Where this word comes from
Learned borrowing from Late Latin onomatopoeïa, from Ancient Greek ὀνοματοποιία (onomatopoiía, “the coining of a word in imitation of a sound”).
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.