Ahchoo

/əˈtʃuː/ interjection

An onomatopoeia representing the sound of a sneeze, used in speech and writing to mimic the noise a person makes when sneezing.

English onomatopoeia first widely recorded in the 19th century as a representation of the sneezing sound. Different languages have different versions—French uses 'atchoum,' showing how the same bodily sound gets interpreted differently by different ears.

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