ADJECTIVE | pert | onomatopoetic, onomatopoeic | of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia |
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all | onomatopoetic, echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical | (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound |
Meaning | Of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia. | |
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Synonym | onomatopoeic | |
Spanish | onomatopéyico | |
Catalan | onomatopeic | |
Nouns | onomatopoeia | using words that imitate the sound they denote |
Meaning | (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound. | |
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Example | "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer | |
Synonyms | echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic, onomatopoeical | |
Opposite | nonechoic | not echoic or imitative of sound |
Spanish | ecoico, onomatopeico | |
Nouns | onomatopoeia | using words that imitate the sound they denote |
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