"onomatopoeia" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˌɒnəˌmætəˈpiːə/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌɒnəˌmɛtəˈpæɪə/ [New-Zealand], /ˌɑnəˌmætəˈpiːə/ [US], /ˌɑnəˌmɑtəˈpiːə/ [US], /ˌɑnəˌmɑnəˈpiːə/ (note: US, chiefly Midwestern) Audio: en-us-onomatopoeia.ogg [US], en-au-onomatopoeia.ogg [Australia], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Back ache-Onomatopoeia.wav [UK] Forms: onomatopoeias [plural], onomatopoeiae [plural]
enPR: än'ə-măt'ə-pēʹə ''or'' än'ə-mät'ə-pēʹə Rhymes: -iːə Etymology: Borrowed from Ancient Greek ὀνοματοποιία (onomatopoiía, “the coining of a word in imitation of a sound”), from ὀνοματοποιέω (onomatopoiéō, “to coin names”), from ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”) + ποιέω (poiéō, “to make, to do, to produce”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|grc|ὀνοματοποιία||the coining of a word in imitation of a sound}} Ancient Greek ὀνοματοποιία (onomatopoiía, “the coining of a word in imitation of a sound”), {{m|grc|ὀνοματοποιέω||to coin names}} ὀνοματοποιέω (onomatopoiéō, “to coin names”), {{m|grc|ὄνομα||name}} ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”), {{m|grc|ποιέω||to make, to do, to produce}} ποιέω (poiéō, “to make, to do, to produce”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~|s|onomatopoeiae}} onomatopoeia (countable and uncountable, plural onomatopoeias or onomatopoeiae)
  1. (uncountable) The property of a word that sounds like what it represents. Tags: uncountable Translations (property of a word that sounds like what it represents): onomatope [feminine] (Albanian), مُحَاكَاة صَوْتِيَّة (alt: muḥākā(t) ṣawtiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), բնաձայնություն (bnajaynutʿyun) (Armenian), onomatopeia (Basque), ономатопе́я (onomatopéja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), onomatopeia [feminine] (Catalan), 象聲 (Chinese Mandarin), 象声 (xiàngshēng) (Chinese Mandarin), 擬聲 (Chinese Mandarin), 拟声 (nǐshēng) (Chinese Mandarin), 狀聲 (Chinese Mandarin), 状声 (zhuàngshēng) (Chinese Mandarin), zvukomalba [feminine] (Czech), onomatopoie [feminine] (Czech), onomatopoietikon (Danish), onomatopee [feminine] (Dutch), onomatopeo (Esperanto), onomatopoeettisuus (Finnish), onomatopoesia (Finnish), onomatopée [feminine] (French), onomatopeia [feminine] (Galician), ონომატოპეა (onomaṭoṗea) (Georgian), ხმაბაძვა (xmabaʒva) (Georgian), Lautmalerei [feminine] (German), Klangnachahmung [feminine, uncommon] (German), Lautnachahmung [feminine] (German), Schallnachahmung [feminine] (German), Onomatopöie [feminine] (German), Onomatopoesie [feminine] (German), ονοματοποιία (onomatopoiía) [feminine] (Greek), स्वनानुकरणात्मक (svanānukarṇātmak) (Hindi), अनुकरण (anukraṇ) [masculine] (Hindi), hangutánzó jelleg (Hungarian), hljóðgerving [feminine] (Icelandic), onomatopoeia (Indonesian), pembentukan kata yg meniru suara (Indonesian), onamataipé [feminine] (Irish), fuaimfhoclaíocht [feminine] (Irish), onomatopea [feminine] (Italian), 擬音 (gion) (alt: ぎおん) (Japanese), 擬声 (gisei) (alt: ぎせい) (Japanese), onomatopoeia [feminine] (Latin), ономатопе́ја (onomatopéja) [feminine] (Macedonian), подражавање (podražavanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), arrish-ockleeaght [feminine] (Manx), onomatopeja [feminine] (Polish), onomatopeia [feminine] (Portuguese), звукоподража́ние (zvukopodražánije) [neuter] (Russian), ономатопе́я (onomatopéja) [feminine] (Russian), onomatopeya [feminine] (Spanish), onomatopoetikon [common-gender] (Swedish), sintunog (Tagalog), onomatopeya (Tagalog), tượng thanh (Vietnamese), ìfìrósínròójẹ (Yoruba)
    Sense id: en-onomatopoeia-en-noun-KaR-Uc1S Disambiguation of 'property of a word that sounds like what it represents': 58 20 20 2
  2. (countable) A word that sounds like what it represents, such as "gurgle", "stutter", or "hiss". Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-onomatopoeia-en-noun-0eI6~Q1C
  3. (countable) 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.
    Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-onomatopoeia-en-noun-Jybm-fK~
  4. (uncountable, rhetoric) The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names. Tags: rhetoric, uncountable Categories (topical): Rhetoric
    Sense id: en-onomatopoeia-en-noun-db5-9afO Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -poeia Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 16 20 20 45 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 10 13 13 65 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -poeia: 13 16 16 56
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: echoism, imitative harmony, mimesis, phonomime, sound symbolism, onomatopeia, onomatopœia Related terms: onomatope, onomatopoeial, onomatopoeian, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeious, onomatopoetic, onomatopoetical, onomatopoetically, ideophone, Wiktionary's category of English onomatopoeias Translations (word that sounds like what it represents): onomatope [feminine] (Albanian), բնաձայնություն (bnajaynutʿyun) (Armenian), ономатопея (onomatopeja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), onomatopeia [feminine] (Catalan), 象聲詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 象声词 (xiàngshēngcí) (Chinese Mandarin), 擬聲詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 拟声词 (nǐshēngcí) (Chinese Mandarin), 擬聲語 (Chinese Mandarin), 拟声语 (nǐshēngyǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 狀聲詞 (Chinese Mandarin), 状声词 (zhuàngshēngcí) (Chinese Mandarin), zvukomalebné slovo [neuter] (Czech), onomatopoion [neuter] (Czech), lydord [neuter] (Danish), onomatopoietikon [neuter] (Danish), onomatopee [feminine] (Dutch), klanknabootsing [feminine] (Dutch), onomatopeo (Esperanto), ljóðorð [neuter] (Faroese), onomatopoeettinen sana (Finnish), onomatopée [feminine] (French), onomatopeia [feminine] (Galician), lautmalerisches Wort [neuter] (German), lautmalendes Wort [neuter] (German), lautnachahmendes Wort [neuter] (German), klangnachahmendes Wort [neuter] (German), onomatopoetisches Wort [neuter] (German), Klangwort [neuter] (German), Schallwort [neuter] (German), Onomatopoetikum [neuter] (German), ονοματοποιία (onomatopoiía) [feminine] (Greek), स्वनानुकरणात्मक (svanānukarṇātmak) (Hindi), अनुकरण (anukraṇ) [masculine] (Hindi), hangutánzó-hangulatfestő/hangfestő szó (Hungarian), hljóðlíkingarorð [neuter] (Icelandic), hljóðgervingur [masculine] (Icelandic), onomatopea [feminine] (Italian), 擬音語 (giongo) (alt: ぎおんご) (Japanese), 擬声語 (giseigo) (alt: ぎせいご) (Japanese), オノマトペ (onomatope) (Japanese), 의성어 (uiseong'eo) (alt: 擬聲語) (Korean), onomatopoëticum [neuter] (Latin), ономатопе́ја (onomatopéja) [feminine] (Macedonian), подражавање (podražavanje) [neuter] (Macedonian), kupu ororite (Maori), kupu pakoire oro (Maori), lydord [neuter] (Norwegian), onomatopoetikon [masculine, neuter] (Norwegian), نامآوا (namava) (Persian), onomatopeja [feminine] (Polish), wyraz dźwiękonaśladowczy [masculine] (Polish), onomatopeia [feminine] (Portuguese), صوت (ṣot) [feminine] (Punjabi), ਸੌਤ (saut) [feminine] (Punjabi), onomatopee [feminine] (Romanian), звукоподража́ние (zvukopodražánije) [neuter] (Russian), ономатопе́я (onomatopéja) [feminine] (Russian), ономатопе́ја [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), onomatopéja [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), métek-chícham (Shuar), onomatopeya [feminine] (Spanish), sintunog (Tagalog), onomatopeya (Tagalog), onomatope (Turkish), yansıma sözcük (Turkish), từ tượng thanh (Vietnamese), onomatopeia [masculine] (Welsh)
Disambiguation of 'word that sounds like what it represents': 29 34 34 4

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          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
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          "lang": "Danish",
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          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "onomaṭoṗea",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "word": "ონომატოპეა"
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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "xmabaʒva",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "word": "ხმაბაძვა"
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          "lang": "German",
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          "word": "Lautmalerei"
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          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Schallnachahmung"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Onomatopöie"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "Onomatopoesie"
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          "_dis1": "58 20 20 2",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "onomatopoiía",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ονοματοποιία"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 20 20 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "svanānukarṇātmak",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "word": "स्वनानुकरणात्मक"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 20 20 2",
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "anukraṇ",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "अनुकरण"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 20 20 2",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "word": "hangutánzó jelleg"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 20 20 2",
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hljóðgerving"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 20 20 2",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "word": "onomatopoeia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 20 20 2",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "word": "pembentukan kata yg meniru suara"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 20 20 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "onamataipé"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 20 20 2",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "fuaimfhoclaíocht"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 20 20 2",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "onomatopea"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 20 20 2",
          "alt": "ぎおん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "gion",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "word": "擬音"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 20 20 2",
          "alt": "ぎせい",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "gisei",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "word": "擬声"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 20 20 2",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "onomatopoeia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 20 20 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "onomatopéja",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ономатопе́ја"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 20 20 2",
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "podražavanje",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "подражавање"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 20 20 2",
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "arrish-ockleeaght"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 20 20 2",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "onomatopeja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 20 20 2",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "onomatopeia"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 20 20 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zvukopodražánije",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "звукоподража́ние"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 20 20 2",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "onomatopéja",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ономатопе́я"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 20 20 2",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "onomatopeya"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 20 20 2",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "onomatopoetikon"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 20 20 2",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "word": "sintunog"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 20 20 2",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "word": "onomatopeya"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 20 20 2",
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "word": "tượng thanh"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "58 20 20 2",
          "code": "yo",
          "lang": "Yoruba",
          "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
          "word": "ìfìrósínròójẹ"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "glosses": [
        "A word that sounds like what it represents, such as \"gurgle\", \"stutter\", or \"hiss\"."
      ],
      "id": "en-onomatopoeia-en-noun-0eI6~Q1C",
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          "gurgle"
        ],
        [
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        ],
        [
          "hiss",
          "hiss"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(countable) A word that sounds like what it represents, such as \"gurgle\", \"stutter\", or \"hiss\"."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "glosses": [
        "A word that sounds like what it represents, such as \"gurgle\", \"stutter\", or \"hiss\".",
        "A word that appropriates a sound for another sensation or a perceived nature, such as \"thud\", \"beep\", or \"meow\"; an ideophone, phenomime."
      ],
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        [
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        ],
        [
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          "hiss"
        ],
        [
          "thud",
          "thud"
        ],
        [
          "beep",
          "beep"
        ],
        [
          "meow",
          "meow"
        ],
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          "ideophone"
        ],
        [
          "phenomime",
          "phenomime"
        ]
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        "(countable) 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."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Rhetoric",
          "orig": "en:Rhetoric",
          "parents": [
            "Language",
            "Communication",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "_dis": "16 20 20 45",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "_dis": "10 13 13 65",
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          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "_dis": "13 16 16 56",
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          "name": "English terms suffixed with -poeia",
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        "The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names."
      ],
      "id": "en-onomatopoeia-en-noun-db5-9afO",
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        [
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          "rhetoric"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable, rhetoric) The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "rhetoric",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɒnəˌmætəˈpiːə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɒnəˌmɛtəˈpæɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɑnəˌmætəˈpiːə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɑnəˌmɑtəˈpiːə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɑnəˌmɑnəˈpiːə/",
      "note": "US, chiefly Midwestern"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːə"
    },
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/3a/En-us-onomatopoeia.ogg",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e1/En-au-onomatopoeia.ogg/En-au-onomatopoeia.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e1/En-au-onomatopoeia.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GB)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "än'ə-măt'ə-pēʹə ''or'' än'ə-mät'ə-pēʹə"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "echoism"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "imitative harmony"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "mimesis"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "phonomime"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "sound symbolism"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "onomatopeia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "onomatopœia"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatope"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "bnajaynutʿyun",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "բնաձայնություն"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "onomatopeja",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ономатопея"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopeia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "象聲詞"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiàngshēngcí",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "象声词"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "擬聲詞"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǐshēngcí",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "拟声词"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "擬聲語"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǐshēngyǔ",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "拟声语"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "狀聲詞"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhuàngshēngcí",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "状声词"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zvukomalebné slovo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopoion"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lydord"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopoietikon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopee"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "klanknabootsing"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "onomatopeo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ljóðorð"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "onomatopoeettinen sana"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopée"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopeia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lautmalerisches Wort"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lautmalendes Wort"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lautnachahmendes Wort"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "klangnachahmendes Wort"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopoetisches Wort"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Klangwort"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Schallwort"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Onomatopoetikum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "onomatopoiía",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ονοματοποιία"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "svanānukarṇātmak",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "स्वनानुकरणात्मक"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "anukraṇ",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "अनुकरण"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "hangutánzó-hangulatfestő/hangfestő szó"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hljóðlíkingarorð"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hljóðgervingur"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopea"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "alt": "ぎおんご",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "giongo",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "擬音語"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "alt": "ぎせいご",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "giseigo",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "擬声語"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "onomatope",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "オノマトペ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "alt": "擬聲語",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "uiseong'eo",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "의성어"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopoëticum"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "note": "onomatopoēticum (cf. vocābulum onomatopoëticum, vocābulum onomatopoēticum, vōx onomatopoētica)",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "onomatopéja",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ономатопе́ја"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "podražavanje",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "подражавање"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "kupu ororite"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "kupu pakoire oro"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lydord"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopoetikon"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "namava",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "نامآوا"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopeja"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wyraz dźwiękonaśladowczy"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopeia"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "ṣot",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "صوت"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "saut",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ਸੌਤ"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopee"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zvukopodražánije",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "звукоподража́ние"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "onomatopéja",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ономатопе́я"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ономатопе́ја"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopéja"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "jiv",
      "lang": "Shuar",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "métek-chícham"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopeya"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "sintunog"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "onomatopeya"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "onomatope"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "yansıma sözcük"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "từ tượng thanh"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "29 34 34 4",
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopeia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "onomatopoeia"
}
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    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English nouns with irregular plurals",
    "English terms borrowed from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "English terms suffixed with -poeia",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Requests for gender in Hindi entries",
    "Requests for review of Manx translations",
    "Rhymes:English/iːə",
    "Rhymes:English/iːə/6 syllables"
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      },
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      "name": "bor"
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      "form": "onomatopoeias",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "onomatopoeiae",
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  "lang_code": "en",
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    {
      "word": "onomatope"
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    {
      "word": "onomatopoeial"
    },
    {
      "word": "onomatopoeian"
    },
    {
      "word": "onomatopoeic"
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      "word": "onomatopoeious"
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      "word": "onomatopoetic"
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      "word": "onomatopoetical"
    },
    {
      "word": "onomatopoetically"
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      "word": "ideophone"
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    }
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      "categories": [
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        "English uncountable nouns"
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          "ref": "1553, Thomas Wilson, Desiderius Erasmus, Arte of Rhetorique, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1909",
          "text": "A woorde making called of the Grecians Onomatapoia, is when wee make wordes of our owne minde, such as bee derived from the nature of things.",
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        }
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          "word"
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        "(uncountable) The property of a word that sounds like what it represents."
      ],
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        "uncountable"
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    },
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          "gurgle"
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        [
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        ],
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          "hiss"
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        "(countable) A word that sounds like what it represents, such as \"gurgle\", \"stutter\", or \"hiss\"."
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        "A word that sounds like what it represents, such as \"gurgle\", \"stutter\", or \"hiss\".",
        "A word that appropriates a sound for another sensation or a perceived nature, such as \"thud\", \"beep\", or \"meow\"; an ideophone, phenomime."
      ],
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        [
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        ],
        [
          "hiss",
          "hiss"
        ],
        [
          "thud",
          "thud"
        ],
        [
          "beep",
          "beep"
        ],
        [
          "meow",
          "meow"
        ],
        [
          "ideophone",
          "ideophone"
        ],
        [
          "phenomime",
          "phenomime"
        ]
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        "(countable) 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."
      ],
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        "countable"
      ]
    },
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        "English uncountable nouns",
        "en:Rhetoric"
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        "The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names."
      ],
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          "rhetoric"
        ]
      ],
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        "(uncountable, rhetoric) The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names."
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        "uncountable"
      ]
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      "ipa": "/ˌɒnəˌmætəˈpiːə/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɒnəˌmɛtəˈpæɪə/",
      "tags": [
        "New-Zealand"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɑnəˌmætəˈpiːə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɑnəˌmɑtəˈpiːə/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌɑnəˌmɑnəˈpiːə/",
      "note": "US, chiefly Midwestern"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːə"
    },
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      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
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      "tags": [
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      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (GB)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "än'ə-măt'ə-pēʹə ''or'' än'ə-mät'ə-pēʹə"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "word": "echoism"
    },
    {
      "word": "imitative harmony"
    },
    {
      "word": "mimesis"
    },
    {
      "word": "phonomime"
    },
    {
      "word": "sound symbolism"
    },
    {
      "word": "onomatopeia"
    },
    {
      "word": "onomatopœia"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatope"
    },
    {
      "alt": "muḥākā(t) ṣawtiyya",
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "مُحَاكَاة صَوْتِيَّة"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "bnajaynutʿyun",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "բնաձայնություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "onomatopeia"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "onomatopéja",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ономатопе́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopeia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "象聲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiàngshēng",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "象声"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "擬聲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǐshēng",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "拟声"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "狀聲"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhuàngshēng",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "状声"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zvukomalba"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopoie"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "onomatopoietikon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopee"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "onomatopeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "onomatopoeettisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "onomatopoesia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopée"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopeia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "onomaṭoṗea",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "ონომატოპეა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xmabaʒva",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "ხმაბაძვა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lautmalerei"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "uncommon"
      ],
      "word": "Klangnachahmung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Lautnachahmung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Schallnachahmung"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Onomatopöie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Onomatopoesie"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "onomatopoiía",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ονοματοποιία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "svanānukarṇātmak",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "स्वनानुकरणात्मक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "anukraṇ",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "अनुकरण"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "hangutánzó jelleg"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hljóðgerving"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "onomatopoeia"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "pembentukan kata yg meniru suara"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onamataipé"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "fuaimfhoclaíocht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopea"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぎおん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gion",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "擬音"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぎせい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gisei",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "擬声"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopoeia"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "onomatopéja",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ономатопе́ја"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "podražavanje",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "подражавање"
    },
    {
      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "arrish-ockleeaght"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopeja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopeia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zvukopodražánije",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "звукоподража́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "onomatopéja",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ономатопе́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopeya"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopoetikon"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "sintunog"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "onomatopeya"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "tượng thanh"
    },
    {
      "code": "yo",
      "lang": "Yoruba",
      "sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "ìfìrósínròójẹ"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatope"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "bnajaynutʿyun",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "բնաձայնություն"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "onomatopeja",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ономатопея"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopeia"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "象聲詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiàngshēngcí",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "象声词"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "擬聲詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǐshēngcí",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "拟声词"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "擬聲語"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǐshēngyǔ",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "拟声语"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "狀聲詞"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "zhuàngshēngcí",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "状声词"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "zvukomalebné slovo"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopoion"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lydord"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopoietikon"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopee"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "klanknabootsing"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "onomatopeo"
    },
    {
      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ljóðorð"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "onomatopoeettinen sana"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopée"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopeia"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lautmalerisches Wort"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lautmalendes Wort"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lautnachahmendes Wort"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "klangnachahmendes Wort"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopoetisches Wort"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Klangwort"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Schallwort"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Onomatopoetikum"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "onomatopoiía",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ονοματοποιία"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "svanānukarṇātmak",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "स्वनानुकरणात्मक"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "anukraṇ",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "अनुकरण"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "hangutánzó-hangulatfestő/hangfestő szó"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "hljóðlíkingarorð"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "hljóðgervingur"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopea"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぎおんご",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "giongo",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "擬音語"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ぎせいご",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "giseigo",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "擬声語"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "onomatope",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "オノマトペ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "擬聲語",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "uiseong'eo",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "의성어"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopoëticum"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "note": "onomatopoēticum (cf. vocābulum onomatopoëticum, vocābulum onomatopoēticum, vōx onomatopoētica)",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "onomatopéja",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ономатопе́ја"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "podražavanje",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "подражавање"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "kupu ororite"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "kupu pakoire oro"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "lydord"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopoetikon"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "namava",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "نامآوا"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopeja"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "wyraz dźwiękonaśladowczy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopeia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "ṣot",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "صوت"
    },
    {
      "code": "pa",
      "lang": "Punjabi",
      "roman": "saut",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ਸੌਤ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopee"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zvukopodražánije",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "звукоподража́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "onomatopéja",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ономатопе́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ономатопе́ја"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopéja"
    },
    {
      "code": "jiv",
      "lang": "Shuar",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "métek-chícham"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopeya"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "sintunog"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "onomatopeya"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "onomatope"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "yansıma sözcük"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "word": "từ tượng thanh"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "onomatopeia"
    }
  ],
  "word": "onomatopoeia"
}

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