onomatope

plural onomatopes

1. human sciencesA word formed by onomatopoeia or mimesis.

   Some of the onomatopes were given with the notations of their respective sounds as they appear to the Indian ear; thus, the sound of the plane and drawing-knife (s-s-s) becomes the root sⁱu […]

   1892 January 1, “Notes and News”, in Science, volume 19, number 465, page 3

   1 more example

   From the start, [Jean] Gabin’s voice belonged to a popular, Parisian, sociological register, with his stress on vowels (‘a’ becomes ‘âââ’), his colourful slang and onomatopes such as ‘bah !’, ‘bof !’, ‘Eeeh ben !’ (for ‘Eh bien !’ [‘well!’]).

   2024 November 8, Ginette Vincendeau, “Cinéma théâtral: stardom and performance in the Tradition of Quality”, in French Screen Studies, volume 25, numbers 1-2, Routledge, →DOI, →ISSN, page 106

   Synonyms: ideophone