Onomatopoeia /(?)/

On·o·mat·o·poe·ia

Onomatopoeia

n.
  1. The formation of words in imitation of sounds; a figure of speech in which the sound of a word is imitative of the sound of the thing which the word represents; as, the buzz of bees; the hiss of a goose; the crackle of fire. (Philol.)