onomatopoeia

1. (uncountable)The property of a word that sounds like what it represents.

   Lautmalerei, Klangnachahmung, Lautnachahmung

   звукоподража́ниеzvukopodražánije, ономатопе́яonomatopéja

2. (countable)A word that sounds like what it represents, such as gurgle, stutter, or hiss.

   lautmalerisches Wort, lautmalendes Wort, lautnachahmendes Wort

   звукоподража́ниеzvukopodražánije, ономатопе́яonomatopéja

   звуконаслі́дуванняzvukonaslíduvannja, ономатопе́яonomatopéja

3. A word that sounds like what it represents, such as gurgle, stutter, or hiss.

   (countable)A word that appropriates a sound for another sensation or a perceived nature, such as thud, beep, or meow; an ideophone, phenomime.

4. (rhetoric, uncountable)The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names.

1. What is an onomatopoeia?

   Що таке ономатопея?

   ruЧто такое ономатопея?

   deWas ist eine Lautmalerei?

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2. Some of the onomatopoeia in Japanese make no sense to me.

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3. There are so many onomatopoeias in Japanese, but I cannot find the one describing short people, or even tall people.

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• onomatopyalternative archaic