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onomatopoeic::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | echoic, imitative, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic |
onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises.
onomatopoeic::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | onomatopoetic |
Examples of onomatopoeic
onomatopoeic
The name is a loanword from Wiradjuriguuguubarra, and is onomatopoeic of its call.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Armageddon is a fine, thumping word, almost onomatopoeic in its evocation of finality.
From the time.com
In Japan, pecha kucha is the onomatopoeic phrase for the sound of talking, or chit-chat.
From the courier-journal.com
It really did throw me off seeing that a bird had an onomatopoeic song.
From the en.wikipedia.org
It's an onomatopoeic word, the pero coming from the slang pero-pero, which means to lick.
From the time.com
Pokkuri is an onomatopoeic word for a sudden bursting, while a tera or dera is a Buddhist temple.
From the economist.com
The names of the drums are onomatopoeic, meaning that they sound like the thing they describe.
From the en.wikipedia.org
Girasole comes by its charming, onomatopoeic name honestly.
From the post-gazette.com
The rest ran on an onomatopoeic scale from ho hum to meh.
From the guardian.co.uk
- Of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia
- Echoic: (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound; "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer
- An onomatopoeia (i/u02CCu0252nou028Au02CCmu00E6tu0259u02C8piu02D0u0259, -u02CCmu0251u02D0-/, or chiefly NZ /-u02C8peu026Au0259/; from the Greek u1F40u03BDu03BFu03BCu03B1u03C4u03BFu03C0u03BFu03B9u03AFu03B1; u1F44u03BDu03BFu03BCu03B1 for "name" and u03C0u03BFu03B9u03ADu03C9 for "I make", adjectival form: "onomatopoeic" or "onomatopoetic") is a word that phonetically imitates, resembles or suggests the source of the sound that it describes. Onomatopoeia (as an uncountable noun) refers to the property of such words...
- Alternative spelling of onomatopoeic
- Using words that imitate the sound they denote
- (onomatopoeic) of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia
- Onomatopoeia is a DC Comics supervillain who has faced Green Arrow and Batman. He first appeared in Green Arrow #12 (March 2002). He was created by Kevin Smith and Phil Hester. IGN's Daniel Crown called him "one of the coolest new villains of the decade".
- Onomatopoeia is the only album by Jonny 5 + Yak, with Jonny 5 later going on to form the band Flobots, released locally in 2001. The album featured David Gralow on guitar, Terrence Favors on cello, and Jaymz Haynes on bass. ...
- The property of a word of sounding like what it represents; A word which has the property of onomatopoeia, such as "gurgle" or "hiss"; The use of language whose sound imitates that which it names
