the formation of a word by the imitation of a sound
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onomatopoeiathe formation of a word by the imitation of a sound
onomatopoeiathe formation of a word, as cuckoo, meow, honk, or boom, by imitation of a sound made by or associated with its referent.
onomatopoeiathe naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it also ONOMATOPOESIS, ONOMATOPOIESIS
onomatopoeiasONOMATOPOEIA, the naming of a thing or action by a vocal imitation of the sound associated with it also ONOMATOPOESIS, ONOMATOPOIESIS
syncopticof or showing syncope, the shortening a word by the omission of a sound, letter, or syllable from the middle of the word also SYNCOPAL, SYNCOPIC
sandhimodification of the sound of a morpheme (as a word or affix) conditioned by syntactic context in which it is uttered (as pronunciation of -ed as d in glazed and as in paced or occurrence of a in a cow and of an in an old cow)