NOUN | communication | onomatopoeia | using words that imitate the sound they denote |
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Meaning | Using words that imitate the sound they denote. | |
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Broader | rhetorical device | A use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance) |
Spanish | onomatopeya | |
Catalan | onomatopeia | |
Adjectives | onomatopoeic, onomatopoetic | of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia |
onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic | (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound |
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