onomatopoeia
Meaning of onomatopoeia
noun
- The property of a word of sounding like what it represents.
- A word that sounds like what it represents, such as "gurgle" or "hiss".
- The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names.
Information about onomatopoeia
- It is a name.
- The plural form of onomatopoeia is: onomatopoeias.
- Languages in which onomatopoeia is used:
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Hyphenation of onomatopoeia
ono-matopoeia
- It consists of 2 syllables and 12 chars.
- onomatopoeia is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
onomatopoeia synonyms
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Translation of onomatopoeia
- Spanish: onomatopeya
- French: onomatopée
- Italian: onomatopea
Words that rhyme with onomatopoeia
hypsophoeia, chrysopoeia, epopoeia, ethopoeia, melopoeia, mythopoeia, pathopoeia, pharmacopoeia, prosopopoeia, rhythmopoeia
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