onomatope

English

Etymology

Irregular back-formation from onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɒnəmətəʊp/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɑnəmətoʊp/

Noun

onomatope (plural onomatopes)

  1. (linguistics) A word formed by onomatopoeia or mimesis.
    • 1892 January 1, “Notes and News”, in Science‎, volume 19, number 465, page 3:
      Some of the onomatopes were given with the notations of their respective sounds as they appear to the Indian ear; thus, the sound of the plane and drawing-knife (s-s-s) becomes the root siu […]

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