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onomatopoeic

  • /ˌɒnəmætəˈpiːɪk/
  • /ˌɒnəmɛtəˈpiːək/ New Zealand
  • /-ˈpæeək/ New Zealand

adjective onomatopœic · onomatopeic · onomatopoetic

  1. not comparable Of or relating to onomatopoeia.
  2. not comparable 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 words

Similar: echoic, imitative, mimetic, phonomimetic, onomatopoeial, onomatopoetic

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adj of or relating to onomatopoeia

Españolonomatopéyico
Portuguêsonomatopaico, onomatópico, onomatopeico
Françaisonomatopéique
Deutschlautmalerisch, lautmalend, onomatopoetisch
Italianoonomatopeico, fonosimbolico
Ελληνικάηχομιμητικός ichomimitikós
Românăonomatopeic
Русскийономатопический onomatopičeskij, ономатопоэтический onomatopoetičeskij, звукоподража́тельный zvukopodražátelʹnyj
Tiếng Việttượng thanh

adj having the property of onomatopoeia

Españolonomatopéyico
Portuguêsonomatopaico, onomatópico, onomatopeico
Françaisonomatopéique
Deutschlautmalerisch, lautmalend, onomatopoetisch
Italianoonomatopeico
Ελληνικάηχομιμητικός ichomimitikós
Românăonomatopeic
Русскийономатопический onomatopičeskij, ономатопоэтический onomatopoetičeskij
Tiếng Việttượng thanh

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@misc{onomatopoeic_2026,
  title = {onomatopoeic},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/onomatopoeic},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}