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onomatopoesis

onomatopoesis noun: onomatopoeia.

Noun

onomatopoesis (uncountable)

  1. onomatopoeia

Questions about onomatopoesis

What does onomatopoesis mean?
Onomatopoesis means onomatopoeia.
What part of speech is onomatopoesis?
Onomatopoesis is a noun.

Words near onomatopoesis in the dictionary

  1. onomatopoeical
  2. onomatopoeically
  3. onomatopoeics
  4. onomatopoeious
  5. onomatopoesies
  6. onomatopoesis
  7. onomatopoesy
  8. onomatopoetic
  9. onomatopoetical
  10. onomatopoetically
  11. onomatopoetry

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