Definition of "onomatopes" [onomatopes]

• Plural form of onomatope. (noun)

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• "But the role of the child in the development of language is concerned with other things than physonyms and onomatopes."
• "In the formation and fixation of the onomatopes with which many languages abound some share must be allotted to the child."
• "It is assumed that language is in part the product of interjections and in part of onomatopes and conventions."