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onomatopoeia

words that imitate the sound they describe
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Summary

onomatopoeia is a stylistic device[1]. onomatopoeia ranks in the top 2% of stylistic device entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (12,455 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Subclass of: ideophone[3]
  • Commons category: Onomatopoeia[4]
  • Said to be the same as: Q65400795[5]
  • Topic's main category: Category:Onomatopoeia[6]
  • Described by source: The Nuttall Encyclopædia[7], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[8], Basque Literature Terms Dictionary[9]
  • Has list: list of onomatopoeias[10]
  • Simulates: sound[11]

Why It Matters

onomatopoeia has Wikipedia articles in 29 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[12] onomatopoeia is known by 98 alternative names across languages and contexts.[13]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . euskaltzaindia.eus. Retrieved . euskaltzaindia.eus. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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APA 4ort.xyz Knowledge Graph. (2026). onomatopoeia. Retrieved October 16, 2026, from https://4ort.xyz/entity/onomatopoeia
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Edit History

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  1. 11w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → onomatopoeia
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: onomatopoeia, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289956704|onomatopoeia (#289956704)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harper's tag]"
  2. 21w ago · Twofivesixbot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → —
    Simulates → sound
    Aliases → —
    Subclass of → ideophone
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-update-qualifiers:1||1|6 */ Yso id: 37982, mv to monolingual text names on YSO statements"
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