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Are onomatopoeias real words (in terms of the English language)?

April 26, 2017Education English Language Reference terms Wordplay words

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Are onomatopoeias real words (in terms of the English language)?

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Onomatopoeias are words which sounds remind us of sounds made by a certain object. Some can therfor be real words such as “cuckoo”, the word indicates the bird but is also an onomatopoeia of the sound that bird makes.