"onomatope" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "Irregular back-formation from onomatopoeia.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "onomatopes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "onomatope (plural onomatopes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Linguistics",
          "orig": "en:Linguistics",
          "parents": [
            "Language",
            "Social sciences",
            "Communication",
            "Sciences",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1892 January 1, “Notes and News”, in Science, volume 19, number 465, page 3",
          "text": "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 […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A word formed by onomatopoeia or mimesis."
      ],
      "id": "en-onomatope-en-noun-Bja8QdA~",
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "onomatopoeia",
          "onomatopoeia"
        ],
        [
          "mimesis",
          "mimesis"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics) A word formed by onomatopoeia or mimesis."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "ideophone"
        }
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒnəmətəʊp/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑnəmətoʊp/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "onomatope"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "Irregular back-formation from onomatopoeia.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "onomatopes",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "onomatope (plural onomatopes)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English 4-syllable words",
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Linguistics"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1892 January 1, “Notes and News”, in Science, volume 19, number 465, page 3",
          "text": "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 […]",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A word formed by onomatopoeia or mimesis."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "onomatopoeia",
          "onomatopoeia"
        ],
        [
          "mimesis",
          "mimesis"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(linguistics) A word formed by onomatopoeia or mimesis."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɒnəmətəʊp/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈɑnəmətoʊp/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "ideophone"
    }
  ],
  "word": "onomatope"
}