onomatopoeianoun [ U ]
uk/ˌɒn.əˌmæt.əˈpiː.ə/us/ˌɑː.noʊˌmæt̬.oʊˈpiː.ə/specializedthe act of creating or using words that include sounds that are similar to the noises the words refer to
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- alveolar
- approximant
- articulatory
- aspiration
- assimilation
- bilabial
- clear l
- clipped
- consonant
- nasalization
- palatal
- palato-alveolar
- pharyngeal
- phoneme
- pronounce
- silent letter
- velum
- voiced
- vowel
- weak form
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onomatopoeic
adjective uk/ˌɒn.əˌmæt.əˈpiː.ɪk/us/ˌɑː.noʊˌmæt̬.oʊˈpiː.ɪk/
"Pop", "boom", and "squelch" are onomatopoeic words.