onomatopoeic
/ˌɒnəmætəˈpiːɪk/
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onomatopoeic adjective: of or relating to onomatopoeia.
Adjective
onomatopoeic (not comparable)
- Of or relating to onomatopoeia.
- Having the property of onomatopoeia.
- There are also three ways in which katakana is used for writing Japanese words:
1 to make words stand out, for example, in advertising: トヨタ (Toyota)
2 to classify species of plants and animals, for example in botanical gardens
3 to write onomatopoeic words2008, Helen Gilhooly, chapter 1, in Complete Japanese, →ISBN, page 31 - Some of them are onomatopoeic like hrududu (which is a car), but overall they simply came from my subconscious.2014 December, Richard Adams, “Richard Adams Reddit AMA”, in Interviewly, archived from the original on 03 Jan 2017
- There are also three ways in which katakana is used for writing Japanese words:
onomatopoeic meaning in Tamil, Malayalam and Vietnamese
onomatopoeic in Tamil
- உட்குற்றம்
onomatopoeic in Malayalam
- imitative, echoic
- ധ്വന്യനുകരണപരമായ, ശബ്ദാനുകരണമായ, അനുകരണാത്മമായ, ശബ്ദാനുകരണപരമായ, ശബ്ദാനുകരണാലങ്കാരപരമായ, പ്രതിധ്വനിയായ
onomatopoeic in Vietnamese
- of or relating to onomatopoeia
- tượng thanh
- having the property of onomatopoeia
- tượng thanh
Synonyms of onomatopoeic
Forms of onomatopoeic
| alternative uncommon | onomatopoetic |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | onomatopœic |
| alternative form (obsolete) | onomatopeic |
Origin of onomatopoeic
From onomatopoeia + -ic.
Words formed from onomatopoeic
Questions about onomatopoeic
- What does onomatopoeic mean?
- Onomatopoeic means of or relating to onomatopoeia.
- What is onomatopoeic in Tamil?
- Onomatopoeic in Tamil is உட்குற்றம். See Onomatopoeic meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is onomatopoeic?
- Onomatopoeic is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce onomatopoeic?
- Onomatopoeic is pronounced /ˌɒnəmætəˈpiːɪk/.
Words near onomatopoeic in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: onomatopoeic (page history and authors); onomatopoeic (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); onomatopoeic (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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