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Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin onomatopoeia, from Ancient Greek ὀνοματοποιία (onomatopoiía). More at onomatopoeia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /onomatoˈpeʝa/
- IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /onomatoˈpeʃa/
- IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /onomatoˈpeʒa/
- Rhymes: -eʝa
- Syllabification: o‧no‧ma‧to‧pe‧ya
Noun
onomatopeya f (plural onomatopeyas)
- onomatopoeia
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Tagalog
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish onomatopeya, from Late Latin onomatopoeia, from Ancient Greek ὀνοματοποιία (onomatopoiía).
Pronunciation
Noun
onomatopeya (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜈᜓᜋᜆᜓᜉᜒᜌ)
- onomatopoeia
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