HOW TO PRONOUNCE
onomatopoeia
/ˌɑnəˌmætəˈpiːə/
Press play to hear how to pronounce onomatopoeia.
American Pronunciation Guide · 1:05
Watch on YouTube ↗
Watch on YouTube ↗
LISTEN FOR THIS
Aim for the stressed “pee” near the end.
Make PEE near the end the strongest syllable. Keep the final vowel light.
TRY SAYING
“An example of onomatopoeia.”
APG practice sentence · CC BY-SA 4.0
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗What does onomatopoeia mean?
noun
- The property of a word that sounds like what it represents.
- A word that sounds like what it represents, such as gurgle, stutter, or hiss.
- A word that appropriates a sound for another sensation or a perceived nature, such as thud, beep, or meow; an ideophone, phenomime.
More meanings (1)
noun
- The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names.
Definitions regrouped for readability · CC BY-SA 4.0
IPA pronunciation
/ˌɑnəˌmætəˈpiːə/
Pronunciation used in the listening tip.
Wiktionary contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0 ↗Pronunciation varies by speaker and region. About these dictionary pronunciations.
In the pages of books
No suitable book passage is available for this word yet.