on‧o‧mat‧o‧poe‧ia /ˌɒnəmætəˈpiːə $ ˌɑːn-/
noun [uncountable] technical[
Date: 1500-1600;
Language: Late Latin;
Origin: Greek onomatopoiia, from onoma 'name' + poiein 'to make']
the use of words that sound like the thing that they are describing, for example ‘hiss’ or ‘boom’
—onomatopoeic adjective [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲