onomatopoeia

noun4

1. •
   The property of a word that sounds like what it represents.

   • A woꝛde makinge called of the Grecians Onomatopeia is when we make woꝛdes of oure owne mynde, suche as be deriued from the nature of thinges. — 1553
2. •
   A word that sounds like what it represents, such as gurgle, stutter, or hiss.
3. •
   A word that appropriates a sound for another sensation or a perceived nature, such as thud, beep, or meow; an ideophone, phenomime.
4. •
   (rhetoric) The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names.