Hyphenation of onomatopoeia

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word onomatopoeia? This word can be hyphenated and contains 2 syllables as shown below.

ono-matopoeia

Definitions of onomatopoeia:

1.	Using words that imitate the sound they denote

Synonyms of onomatopoeia:

noun	rhetorical device

Last hyphenations of this language

wellaways sanserif Horus pantihose rebook bodger permute determinateness reprehension palaeontology Mammalia abominable diamine Smallwood RAC volcanicity Dow mandible salience

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