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ONOMATOPOEIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does onomatopoeia mean?
• ONOMATOPOEIA (noun)
The noun ONOMATOPOEIA has 1 sense:
1. using words that imitate the sound they denote
Familiarity information: ONOMATOPOEIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Using words that imitate the sound they denote
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("onomatopoeia" is a kind of...):
rhetorical device (a use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance))
Derivation:
onomatopoeical; onomatopoetic ((of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound)
onomatopoetic (of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia)
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