HyperDic: onomatopoeia

English > 1 sense of the word onomatopoeia:
NOUNcommunicationonomatopoeiausing words that imitate the sound they denote
English > onomatopoeia: 1 sense > noun 1, communication
MeaningUsing words that imitate the sound they denote.
Broaderrhetorical deviceA use of language that creates a literary effect (but often without regard for literal significance)
Spanishonomatopeya
Catalanonomatopeia
Adjectivesonomatopoeic, onomatopoeticof or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia
onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic(of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound

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