Onomatopoeia Definition
ŏnə-mătə-pēə, -mätə-
noun
Formation of a word by imitating the natural sound associated with the object or action involved; echoism (Ex.: tinkle, buzz, chickadee, etc.)
Webster's New World
The use of words whose sounds reinforce their meaning or tone, as in poetry.
Webster's New World
(uncountable) The property of a word of sounding like what it represents.
Wiktionary
Origin of Onomatopoeia
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Late Latin from Greek onomatopoiiā from onomatopoios coiner of names onoma onomat- name nō̆-men- in Indo-European roots poiein to make kwei-2 in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Ancient Greek ὀνοματοποιία (onomatopoiia, “the coining of a word in imitation of a sound"), from ὀνοματοποιέω (onomatopoieo, “to coin names"), from ὄνομα (onoma, “name") + ποιέω (poieo, “to make, to do, to produce").
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