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The naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss).
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on·o·mato·poe·ia | \ ˌä-nə-ˌmä-tə-ˈpē-ə , -ˌma- \
Definition of onomatopoeia
1: the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it (such as buzz, hiss)
also : a word formed by onomatopoeia
In comic books, when you see someone with a gun, you know it's only going off when you read the onomatopoeias.
— Christian Marclay
2: the use of words whose sound suggests the sense
a study of the poet's onomatopoeia
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onomatopoeic \ ˌä-nə-ˌmä-tə-ˈpē-ik , -ˌma- \ or onomatopoetic \ ˌä-nə-ˌmä-tə-pō-ˈe-tik , -ˌma- \ adjective
onomatopoeically \ ˌä-nə-ˌmä-tə-ˈpē-ə-k(ə-)lē , -ˌma- \ or onomatopoetically \ ˌä-nə-ˌmä-tə-pō-ˈe-ti-k(ə-)lē , -ˌma- \ adverb
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Onomatopoeia came into English via Late Latin and ultimately traces back to Greek onoma, meaning "name," and poiein, meaning "to make." ("Onoma" can be found in such terms as "onomastics," which refers to the study of proper names and their origins, while "poiein" gave us such words as "poem" and "poet.") English speakers have only used the word onomatopoeia since the mid-1500s, but people have been creating words from the sounds heard around them for much longer. In fact, the presence of so many imitative words in language spawned the linguistic Bowwow Theory, which postulates that language originated in imitation of natural sounds.