Onomatopoeia or onomatopœia, from the Greek ὀνοματοποιία (ὄνομα for "name" and ποιέω for "I make"),'s one or more words that imitate or suggest the source of the sound they're describing. Common occurrences include animal noises, such as "oink" or "meow" or "roar". Onomatopoeia aren't universally the same across all languages; they conform to some extent to the broader linguistic… (More on Onomatopoeia)