onomatopoeia

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Onomatopoeia /ɑ-nə-mɑ-tə-pi/ refers to the quality of a word in which its pronunciation mimics the sound it serves to represent (e.g., meow, crash, zoom). Onomatopoeia is one way that transliterators attempt to convey Auditory Environmental Stimuli.