"onomatopeia" meaning in Portuguese

See onomatopeia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /o.no.ma.toˈpɛj.ɐ/ [Brazil], [o.no.ma.toˈpɛɪ̯.ɐ] [Brazil], /o.no.ma.toˈpɛj.ɐ/ [Brazil], [o.no.ma.toˈpɛɪ̯.ɐ] [Brazil], /o.no.ma.toˈpɛj.a/ [Southern-Brazil], [o.no.ma.toˈpɛɪ̯.a] [Southern-Brazil], /ɔ.nɔ.mɐ.tuˈpɐj.ɐ/ [Portugal], /ɔ.nɔ.mɐ.tuˈpɐj.ɐ/ [Portugal], /ɔ.nɔ.mɐ.tuˈpej.ɐ/ [Northern, Portugal], /ɔ.nɔ.mɐ.tuˈpej.ɐ/ [Central, Portugal], /ɔ.nɔ.mɐ.tuˈpe.ɐ/ [Portugal, Southern] Forms: onomatopeias [plural], onomatopéia [alternative], onomatopéa [alternative]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Late Latin onomatopoeïa, from Ancient Greek ὀνοματοποιία (onomatopoiía, “the coining of a word in imitation of a sound”). Etymology templates: {{lbor|pt|LL.|onomatopoeïa}} Learned borrowing from Late Latin onomatopoeïa, {{der|pt|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”) Head templates: {{pt-noun|f|~}} onomatopeia f (countable and uncountable, plural onomatopeias)
  1. (linguistics, uncountable) onomatopoeia (property of a word of sounding like what it represents) Tags: feminine, uncountable Categories (topical): Linguistics, Sound Synonyms: onomatopoese
    Sense id: en-onomatopeia-pt-noun-cLqW11XT Disambiguation of Sound: 45 55 Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
  2. (linguistics, countable) onomatopoeia (word that sounds like what it represents) Tags: countable, feminine Categories (topical): Linguistics, Sound
    Sense id: en-onomatopeia-pt-noun-x0e4bJEe Disambiguation of Sound: 45 55 Categories (other): Portuguese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Portuguese entries with incorrect language header: 49 51 Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: onomatopeico, onomatópico, onomatopoese, onomatopoético, onomatópose

Inflected forms

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