onomatopoeia

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Pronunciation

• (New Zealand) IPA: /ˌɒnəˌmætəˈpeɪə/
• (RP) IPA: /ˌɒnəˌmætəˈpiːə/
• (America) enPR: än'ə-măt'ə-pēʹə or än'ə-mät'ə-pēʹə, IPA: /ˌɑnəˌmæɾəˈpiːə/, /ˌɑnəˌmɑɾəˈpiːə/
• (US, chiefly Midwestern) IPA: /ˌɑnəˌmɑnəˈpiːə/

Noun

onomatopoeia

1. (uncountable) The property of a word of sounding like what it represents.
2. (countable) A word that sounds like what it represents, such as "gurgle" or "hiss".
   1. (countable) A word that appropriates a sound for another sensation or a perceived nature, such as "thud", "beep" or "meow"; an ideophone, phenomime.
3. (uncountable, rhetoric) The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names.

Synonyms

• echoism
• imitative harmony
• mimesis
• sound symbolism

Related terms

Translations

• French: onomatopée
• German: Klangnachahmung, Lautmalerei, Lautnachahmung, Schallnachahmung; Onomatopöie, Onomatopoie, Onomatopoesie, Wortmalerei, Wortbildung aus Naturlauten
• Italian: onomatopea
• Portuguese: onomatopeia
• Russian: звукоподража́ние
• Spanish: onomatopeya

Translations

• French: onomatopée
• German: lautmalerisches Wort, lautmalendes Wort, lautnachahmendes Wort, klangnachahmendes Wort; Klangwort, Schallwort; onomatopoetisches Wort, onomatopoietisches Wort; Onomatopoetikum, Onomatopoetikon, Onomatopoietikon
• Italian: onomatopea
• Portuguese: onomatopeia
• Russian: звукоподража́ние
• Spanish: onomatopeya

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