onomatopoetic
- adjective
- /ˌɑnəˌmætəˈpoʊɪtɪk/
- Specialized
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onomatopeico
- (The name kurukupaa is onomatopoetic, referring to the sounds made by the animal and beads in the calabash.)
Examples
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She provides the technical terminology to figure out the conceptual metaphors, pregnant moments, double time scheme, spatial quality of speech bubbles, speed lines, the onomatopoetic effect of the linguistic items, and temporal quality of caricatures.
Academic text (2018) -
For an explanation of the groupings (by analogy to Tennyson's "Charge of the Light Brigade"), please see this post and this; the reference to "cannon" is not pejorative (although it may, depending on its character, be regarded as onomatopoetic).
Blog text (21) -
The word "buzz" is an onomatopoetic term that imitates the sound made by bees.
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In children’s literature, many names are onomatopoetic, like 'boom' or 'splash', mimicking the sounds they represent.
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The author used onomatopoetic words to vividly convey the sounds of the forest throughout the story.
Synonyms
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A word that sounds like the noise something makes, for example bang or buzz
A word that copies the sound something makes, like 'buzz' or 'bang'
A word that copies a natural sound, for example buzz or hiss
Words that copy natural sounds like bang or buzz
How Sound-Like
Surface Forms
Morphology
onomatopoetic = onomatopoeia (transparent) = onomatopoeia + etic
The adjective is directly formed from the noun 'onomatopoeia' with a standard adjectival suffix, so the relation and meaning are clear to learners who know the noun.
Etymology
Onomatopoetic comes from Greek parts onoma 'name' and poiein 'to make'. It literally means 'making a name', so it is used for words like 'buzz' and 'meow' that copy real sounds, which is why we call such words onomatopoetic.