adj
Meaning 1
Of or relating to onomatopoeia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
onomatopoeic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˌɒnəmætəˈpiːɪk/
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New-Zealand: /-ˈpæeək/
adj
Meaning 2
Having the property of onomatopoeia.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 3
(of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound- Harry Hoijer
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises
- it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: echoic, imitative, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 4
of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: onomatopoetic
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h1nómn̥ Proto-Graeco-Phrygian *ónomã Proto-Indo-European *h1nómn̥ Proto-Hellenic *ónomə Ancient Greek ὄνομᾰ (ónomă) Proto-Indo-European *kwey-der. Proto-Hellenic *kwoiwéyō Ancient Greek ποιέω (poiéō) Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰτοποιός (onomătopoiós) Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh2 Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́ᾱ (onomătopoiĭ́ā)der. Latin onomatopoeïabor. English onomatopoeia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English onomatopoeic From onomatopoeia + -ic.
Across languages
Translations
62 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: tingullimitues — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Albanian: onomatopeik — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Catalan: onomatopeic — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Danish: onomatopoietisk — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Dutch: onomatopoëtisch — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Esperanto: onomatopea — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Faroese: ljóðhermandi — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Finnish: onomatopoeettinen — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- French: onomatopéique — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Galician: onomatopeico — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- German: lautmalerisch — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- German: lautmalend — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- German: onomatopoetisch — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Greek: ηχομιμητικός (ichomimitikós) — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Italian: onomatopeico — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Italian: fonosimbolico — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Latin: onomatopoēticus — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Manx: arrish-ockleeagh — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Polish: dźwiękonaśladowczy — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Polish: onomatopeiczny — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Portuguese: onomatopaico — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Portuguese: onomatópico — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Portuguese: onomatopeico — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Romanian: onomatopeic — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Russian: ономатопический (onomatopičeskij) — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Russian: ономатопоэтический (onomatopoetičeskij) — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Russian: звукоподража́тельный (zvukopodražátelʹnyj) — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Slovak: onomatopoický — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Spanish: onomatopéyico — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Swedish: onomatopoetisk — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Swedish: ljudhärmande — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Vietnamese: tượng thanh — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Welsh: onomatopëig — of or relating to onomatopoeia
- Danish: onomatopoietisk — having the property of onomatopoeia
- Danish: lydefterlignende — having the property of onomatopoeia
- Dutch: onomatopoëtisch — having the property of onomatopoeia
- Esperanto: onomatopea — having the property of onomatopoeia
- Faroese: ljóðhermandi — having the property of onomatopoeia
- Finnish: onomatopoeettinen — having the property of onomatopoeia
- French: onomatopéique — having the property of onomatopoeia
- Galician: onomatopeico — having the property of onomatopoeia
- German: lautmalerisch — having the property of onomatopoeia
- German: lautmalend — having the property of onomatopoeia
- German: onomatopoetisch — having the property of onomatopoeia
- Greek: ηχομιμητικός (ichomimitikós) — having the property of onomatopoeia
- Hungarian: hangutánzó — having the property of onomatopoeia
- Hungarian: onomatopoétikus — having the property of onomatopoeia
- Italian: onomatopeico — having the property of onomatopoeia
- Manx: arrish-ockleeagh — having the property of onomatopoeia
- Polish: dźwiękonaśladowczy — having the property of onomatopoeia
- Polish: onomatopeiczny — having the property of onomatopoeia
- Portuguese: onomatopaico — having the property of onomatopoeia
- Portuguese: onomatópico — having the property of onomatopoeia
- Portuguese: onomatopeico — having the property of onomatopoeia
- Romanian: onomatopeic — having the property of onomatopoeia
- Russian: ономатопический (onomatopičeskij) — having the property of onomatopoeia
- Russian: ономатопоэтический (onomatopoetičeskij) — having the property of onomatopoeia
- Spanish: onomatopéyico — having the property of onomatopoeia
- Swedish: onomatopoetisk — having the property of onomatopoeia
- Swedish: ljudhärmande — having the property of onomatopoeia
- Vietnamese: tượng thanh — having the property of onomatopoeia
- Welsh: onomatopëig — having the property of onomatopoeia