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onomatopy

noun
on·​o·​mat·​o·​py | \ ˌänəˈmatəpē\
plural -es

Definition of onomatopy

: onomatopoeia the possibility that onomatopy has produced in different languages similar but genetically unrelated words— George Herzog

History and Etymology for onomatopy

Late Latin onomatopoeia

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