An onomatopoeia is a word that sounds like the word it describes, for example: boom! crash! whoosh! snap! woof-woof!! oops! tap, buzz... This word found its way into English from the Greek words 'onoma', 'onomat' (name), 'poiein' (to make), and 'oeia' (word-making). Here are some other fun ones:
- We enjoyed the crackling of the fire as we sat around the campfire in the forest and stared at the stars.
- I couldn't sleep last night as the faucet went drip, drip, drip.
- Pardon me, I couldn't hear what you said...you were mumbling. Could you say that again, please?
- Without any manners and in a rush, he slurped up every last bit of his spaghetti with the most obnoxious sounds!
- The kids splashed around in the pool until the entire patio was soaked.
- Arabic: muwá
- Chinese: meu-meu
- English: meow
- French: miaou
- Japanese: nya
- Portuguese: miau
- Turkish: miyav
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