onomatopoeic
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- adjective
- /ˌɑnəˌmætəˈpiɪk/
- Specialized
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onomatopeico
- Onomatopoeic word for noises made by women at moments of celebration.
Examples
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To recall, the famous saying of Heraclitus that one cannot step into the same river twice has, in Greek, an onomatopoeic character to it: the words, orally announced, mimic the babbling of a brook.
Academic text (2017) -
It's almost onomatopoeic.
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The words in the speech bubble have an onomatopoeic quality.
Academic text (2018) -
The form of the root was onomatopoeic in origin.
Blog text (32) -
Other names, however, are onomatopoeic; the sound of the name evokes the call of the bird.
Academic text (1998) -
The word "buzz" is an example of an onomatopoeic term because it imitates the sound that bees make.
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Children often enjoy reading onomatopoeic words like "bam" and "sizzle" that mimic various sounds.
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In comic books, the onomatopoeic words help convey the sounds of actions, like "pow" for punches.
Synonyms
A word that copies a natural sound, for example buzz or hiss
A word that copies the sound something makes, like 'buzz' or 'bang'
Words that copy sounds like 'meow' or 'buzz'
Words that copy natural sounds like bang or buzz
How Sound-Like
Surface Forms
Morphology
onomatopoeic = onomatopoeia (transparent) = onomatopoeia + ic
Formed regularly from the noun 'onomatopoeia' with the adjective-forming suffix '-ic', so the meaning is directly related to the base.
Etymology
Onomatopoeic comes from Greek parts onoma 'name' and poiein 'to make', so it literally means 'making a name'. The poiein part is the same root in the words 'poet' and 'poem', which are about 'making' words. That's why an onomatopoeic word sounds like the thing it names, for example 'buzz', 'splash' or 'crash'.