onomatopée

See also: onomatopee

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin onomatopoeia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.nɔ.ma.tɔ.pe/

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Noun

onomatopée f (countable and uncountable, plural onomatopées)

1. onomatopoeia

Derived terms

• onomatopéique

Descendants

• → Dutch: onomatopee
• → Romanian: onomatopee
• → Turkish: onomatope

Further reading

• “onomatopée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.