Meaning of onomatopeia | Babel Free
[ɔ.nɔ.ma.tɔˈpeː.ja]Definitions
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rare form of onomatopoeïa declension-1, form-of, rare
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onomatopoeia (property of a word of sounding like what it represents) declension-1, uncountable
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onomatopoeia (word that sounds like what it represents) declension-1
Examples
“c. 1440, Promptorium Parvulorum (Young Scholars' Storeroom), quoted in 1991 in The Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories”
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“Dal volgare di Dante si passa disinvoltamente al latino di Poliziano (c. LXXXXVr): In quo genere Dantes poeta ob id a multis laudari cum exceptione solet, proptereaque multa ab eo sint per onomatopeiam […]”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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