Meaning

1 senses

  1. A word formed by onomatopoeia or mimesis.

Origin

Irregular back-formation from onomatopoeia.

Irregular back-formation from onomatopoeia.

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Forms

plural: onomatopes
Singularonomatope
Pluralonomatopes

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
ideophone

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
onlyA1onoonomatopoeiaonsenonset

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