LATIN DICTIONARYLexicon Latīnum
noun · femininefirst declension

onomatopēia

onomatopēia f (genitive onomatopēiae)
Classical[ɔ.nɔ.ma.tɔˈpeː.ja]Ecclesiastical[o.no.ma.toˈpɛː.ja]

Meaning

  1. rarerare form of onomatopoeïa
    c. 1440, Promptorium Parvulorum (Young Scholars' Storeroom), quoted in 1991 in The Merriam-Webster New Book of Word Histories
    Dal volgare di Dante si passa disinvoltamente al latino di Poliziano (c. LXXXXVr): In quo genere Dantes poeta ob id a multis laudari cum exceptione solet, proptereaque multa ab eo sint per onomatopeiam […]1400s, Poliziano, quoted in 2015, Forms of Conflict and Rivalries in Renaissance Europe, page 54
  2. uncountableonomatopoeia (property of a word of sounding like what it represents)
  3. onomatopoeia (word that sounds like what it represents)

Declension

declension
formsingularplural
nominativeonomatopēiaonomatopēiae
genitiveonomatopēiaeonomatopēiārum
dativeonomatopēiaeonomatopēiīs
accusativeonomatopēiamonomatopēiās
ablativeonomatopēiāonomatopēiīs
vocativeonomatopēiaonomatopēiae

Quick answers

What does onomatopēia mean in Latin?
onomatopēia, a noun, means “rare form of onomatopoeïa; onomatopoeia (property of a word of sounding like what it represents); onomatopoeia (word that sounds like what it represents)”.
What is the genitive of onomatopēia?
The genitive singular is onomatopēiae. onomatopēia is feminine, first declension.
How do you pronounce onomatopēia?
In classical Latin, [ɔ.nɔ.ma.tɔˈpeː.ja]; in ecclesiastical (church) Latin, [o.no.ma.toˈpɛː.ja].