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English
Etymology
From AGr. á½Î½Î¿Î¼Î±ÏοÏοιία (onomatopoiia) "the coining of a word in imitation of a sound", from ονομαÏοÏοιÎÏ (onomatopoieo) "to coin names", from polytonic|á½Î½Î¿Î¼Î± (onoma) "name" + polytonic|ÏοιÎÏ (poieo) "to make, to do, to produce".
Pronunciation
a|RP IPA|/ËÉnÉËmætÉ'piÉ/, SAMPA|/%Qn@%m{t@"pi@/
a|US enPR|än'É-mÄt'É-pÄÊ¹É or än'É-mät'É-pÄʹÉ, IPA|/ËÉËnÉËmætÉ'piÉ/|/ËÉËnÉËmÉËtÉ'piÉ/, SAMPA|/%A:n@%m{t@"pi@/ or /%A:n@%mA:t@"pi@/
audio|en-us-onomatopoeia.ogg|Audio (US)
rhymes|iÉ
Noun
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- uncountable The property of a word of sounding like what it represents.
- countable A word which has the property of onomatopoeia, such as "moo" or "hiss".
Synonyms
imitative harmony
Related terms
onomatopoeic
onomatopoetic
Translations
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French: onomatopée f
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Swedish: onomatopoesi
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trans-top|word with this property
Bosnian: onomatopeja#Bosnian|onomatopeja f
Bulgarian: ономаÑопеÑ#Bulgarian|ономаÑÐ¾Ð¿ÐµÑ f
Chinese: æå£°è¯ (Simplified Chinese|simp.), æ¬è²è© (Traditional Chinese|trad.)
Dutch: onomatopee
French: onomatopée f
German: Onomatopoese f, Onomatopöie f
Greek: ονομαÏοÏοιία f
Italian: onomatopea
Japanese: æ¬é³èª (ãããã, giongo)
Korean: ìì±ì´ (= æ¬è²èª; eui-seong-eo)
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Persian: ÙاÙâØ¢Ùا (namava)
Polish: onomatopeja#Polish|onomatopeja f
Portuguese: onomatopéia
Romanian: onomatopee f
Serbian:
:Cyrillic: ономаÑопеÑа#Serbian|ономаÑопеÑа f
:Roman: onomatopeja#Serbian|onomatopeja f
Spanish: onomatopeya
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See also
Wiktionary list of :Category:Onomatopoeia|onomatopoeias
Category:Greek derivations
fr:onomatopoeia
io:onomatopoeia
id:onomatopoeia
vi:onomatopoeia
tr:onomatopoeia
zh:onomatopoeia
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