onomatopoeia

1. 1.

   using words that imitate the sound they denote

   Broaderrhetorical device

Other forms of onomatopoeia

plural

onomatopoeias·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about onomatopoeia

What does onomatopoeia mean?

onomatopoeia means "using words that imitate the sound they denote".

How many syllables are in onomatopoeia?

onomatopoeia has 7 syllables and divides as o-no-ma-to-po-e-ia under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.