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Pronunciation / Transliteration: ui-seong-eo
"'멍멍'은 개의 울음소리를 나타내는 의성어이다."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The formation of a word from a sound associated with what is named, such as cuckoo, sizzle, or boom.
"Comic books frequently use onomatopoeia like 'pow' and 'bam' to convey sudden action." - 2
The use of such words for rhetorical effect or artistic expression in literature and poetry.
"The poem's rich use of onomatopoeia brilliantly captures the relentless buzzing of the summer bees."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the ancient Greek compound word 'onomatopoiiia', combining 'onoma' (name) and 'poiein' (to make or create). Entering English in the late 16th century via Latin and French, the term originally denoted the coining of a name or word imitating a sound, eventually narrowing to describe words whose phonetic structures mimic natural auditory phenomena.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Onomatopoeia" is said worldwide
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onomatopée
Transliteration: o-no-ma-to-pe
"Le mot 'glouglou' est une belle onomatopée."
Onomatopoesie
Transliteration: o-no-ma-to-po-e-zi
"Das Wort 'Kuckuck' ist ein Beispiel für Onomatopoesie."
onomatopea
Transliteration: o-no-ma-to-pe-a
"Il termine 'bau bau' è una tipica onomatopea."
onomatopeya
Transliteration: o-no-ma-to-pe-ya
"La palabra 'chof' es una onomatopeya."
onomatopeia
Transliteration: o-no-ma-to-pei-a
"A palavra 'tic-tac' é uma onomatopeia do relógio."
ध्वन्यात्मक प्रस्तुतीकरण
Transliteration: dhvanyatmak prastutikaran
"कविता में ध्वन्यात्मक प्रस्तुतीकरण का सुंदर प्रयोग किया गया है।"
拟声词
Transliteration: nǐ shēng cí
"‘汪汪’是一个常见的拟声词。"
의성어
Transliteration: ui-seong-eo
"'멍멍'은 개의 울음소리를 나타내는 의성어이다."
擬音語
Transliteration: giongo
"日本語には多くの擬音語や擬態語が存在する。"
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