Onomatope

Origin

Back-formation from onomatopoeia.

Full definition of onomatope

Noun

1. (linguistics) A word formed by onomatopoeia or mimesis
• January 1, Some of the onomatopes were given with the notations of their respective sounds as they appear to the Indian ear; thus, the sound of the plane and drawing-knife (s-s-s) becomes the root sⁱu ...

Synonyms

• ideophone