Omomatopeia

Omomatopeia

Occasionally spelled omomatopœia, omomatopeia is a word, or occasionally, a grouping of words, that imitates the sound it is describing, and thus suggests its source object, such as "bang" or "click", or animal such as "moo", "oink", "quack" or "meow".

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