English word onomatopoeia comes from Ancient Greek ὄνομα, Ancient Greek ποιῶ
| Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| ὄνομα | Ancient Greek (grc) | |
| ποιῶ | Ancient Greek (grc) | |
| ὀνοματοποιέω | Ancient Greek (grc) | |
| ὀνοματοποιία | Ancient Greek (grc) | |
| onomatopoeia | English (eng) | (countable) A word that appropriates a sound for another sensation or a perceived nature; an ideophone, phenomime.. (countable) A word that sounds like what it represents, such as "gurgle" or "hiss".. (uncountable) The property of a word of sounding like what it represents.. (uncountable, rhetoric) The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names. |