onomatopoeic

onomatopoeic

See also: onomatopœic

English

Alternative forms

• onomatopœic
• onomatopoetic (less common)

Etymology

From onomatopoeia +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɒnəmætəˈpiːɪk/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌɒnəmɛtəˈpiːək/, /-ˈpæeək/

Adjective

onomatopoeic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to onomatopoeia.

   Synonyms: onomatopoeial, onomatopoetic, echoic

2. Having the property of onomatopoeia.
   • 2008, Helen Gilhooly, chapter 1, in Complete Japanese‎, →ISBN, page 31:

     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

Derived terms

• onomatopoeically

Translations

of or relating to onomatopoeia

Catalan: onomatopeic (ca) Danish: onomatopoietisk (da) Dutch: onomatopoëtisch Esperanto: onomatopea Faroese: ljóðhermandi Finnish: onomatopoeettinen (fi) French: onomatopéique (fr) Galician: onomatopeico (gl) German: lautmalerisch (de), lautmalend; (uncommon) onomatopoetisch (de) Greek: ηχομιμητικός (el) (ichomimitikós) Italian: onomatopeico (it), fonosimbolico (it) Latin: onomatopoeticus Manx: arrish-ockleeagh Portuguese: onomatopaico (pt) m, onomatópico (pt) m, onomatopeico (pt) m Romanian: onomatopeic (ro) Russian: ономатопический (onomatopičeskij), ономатопоэтический (ru) (onomatopoetičeskij), звукоподража́тельный (ru) (zvukopodražátelʹnyj) Slovak: onomatopoický Spanish: onomatopéyico (es) Swedish: onomatopoetisk (sv), ljudhärmande (sv) Welsh: onomatopëig

having the property of onomatopoeia

Danish: onomatopoietisk (da), lydefterlignende Dutch: onomatopoëtisch Esperanto: onomatopea Faroese: ljóðhermandi Finnish: onomatopoeettinen (fi) French: onomatopéique (fr) Galician: onomatopeico (gl) German: lautmalerisch (de), lautmalend; (uncommon) onomatopoetisch (de) Greek: ηχομιμητικός (el) (ichomimitikós) Hungarian: hangutánzó (hu), onomatopoétikus Italian: onomatopeico (it) Manx: arrish-ockleeagh Portuguese: onomatopaico (pt) m, onomatópico (pt) m, onomatopeico (pt) m Romanian: onomatopeic (ro) Russian: ономатопический (onomatopičeskij), ономатопоэтический (ru) (onomatopoetičeskij) Spanish: onomatopéyico (es) Swedish: onomatopoetisk (sv), ljudhärmande (sv) Welsh: onomatopëig