onomatopoeia

«onomatopoeia» in Mova's school dictionary: when a word sounds like the noise it describes, such as… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (onomatopoeia, uncountable; also an onomatopoeia — an example)

meaning for a pupil

1) Onomatopoeia is when a word sounds like the noise it describes, such as buzz, bang, sizzle, hiss, splash, cuckoo and woof. tree →

2) An onomatopoeia (or an onomatopoeic word) is one such word. tree →

sense in the lessons

In English and poetry lessons pupils find and use onomatopoeia to make writing lively and noisy: «The bacon sizzled in the pan.» Comics use it in big letters: POW! CRASH! BOOM! Animal sounds are different in different languages: an English dog says «woof», a French dog says «ouaf», a Ukrainian dog says «hav». Phrases: use onomatopoeia, an onomatopoeic word, sound words.

examples

• «Buzz» is an example of onomatopoeia. tree →
• The poem is full of onomatopoeia: crash, splash, whoosh. tree →
• Add some onomatopoeia to make your storm sound real. tree →
• The comic showed «KAPOW!» when the hero punched. tree →
• «The snake went hiss» uses onomatopoeia. tree →
• Can you spell onomatopoeia without looking? tree →
• «Tick-tock» copies the sound of a clock. tree →
• In Japanese, a cat's meow is «nyan». tree →

note

Uncountable when talking about the technique: «The poem uses onomatopoeia.» Adjective: «onomatopoeic». Pronounced «on-uh-mat-uh-PEE-uh». Spelling is hard: o-n-o-m-a-t-o-p-o-e-i-a. Do not confuse with alliteration (same first sounds: big bad bear). Many onomatopoeic words can be verbs or nouns: «the bees buzz», «a loud buzz».

In the corpora

• Onomatopoeia means words that sound like their meaning, like crash, bang, buzz and sizzle.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «onomatopoeia» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.