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onomatopoeia
onoma: name
poeia / poiein: to make
n [U] technical [Date: 1500-1600; Language: Late Latin;
Origin: Greek onomatopoiia, from onoma 'name' + poiein 'to make']
the use of words that sound like the thing that they are describing, for example 'hiss' or 'boom'
▬ onomatopoeic adj
the use of words that sound like the thing that they are describing, for example 'hiss' or 'boom'
▬ onomatopoeic adj
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