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Word: Onomatopoeia
Speech Type: Noun
Etymology:
late 16th century: via late Latin from Greek onomatopoiia ‘word-making’, from onoma, onomat- ‘name’ + -poios ‘making’ (from poiein ‘to make’)
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
ˌɒnəmatəˈpiːə
Dialects: British English
Definition:
the formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named (e.g. cuckoo, sizzle)
Short Definition:formation of word from sound associated with what is named
Examples:- a relatively large number of bird names arise by onomatopoeia
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