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Word of the Day

onomatopoeia

Part of Speech: noun

Pronunciation: [ah-nê-mæ-tê-'pee-yê]

Definition: The reference of a word to a sound resembling the pronunciation of the word itself, e.g. "whizz," "thud," "thump," "hiss," "moo," "quack," "hoot," "howl," "whack."

Usage: Seemingly all languages have onomatopoeic words for the noises that animals make but we do not always agree on the sounds we hear. For example, the sound of a rooster crowing in English is "cock-a-doodle-doo," in French "cocorico," in Spanish "kikiriki," in Russian "kukareku," in Korean "kokiyo," in Japanese "kokekokkoo," in Mandarin (Chinese) "'o'o'o," and in Thai "ake-e-ake-ake." The sound of a dog is reported as "bup-bup" in Catalan, "wang-wang" in Mandarin (Chinese), "vov-vov" in Danish, "woef" in Dutch, "bow-wow," "woof," or "arf" in English, "ouah-ouah" in French, "bhõ-bhõ" in Hindi, "gong-gong" in Indonesian, and "hoang-hoang" in Thai.