onomatopoeic

See also: onomatopœic

English

Alternative forms

• onomatopœic
• onomatopoetic (uncommon)

Etymology

From onomatopoeia +‎ -ic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɒnəmætəˈpiːɪk/
• IPA^(key): /ˌɒnəmæatəˈpiːɪk/, /ˌɒnəˌmætəˈpeɪɪk/

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^[1], →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
• Faroese: ljóðhermandi
• Finnish: onomatopoeettinen (fi)
• French: onomatopéique (fr)
• German: lautmalerisch (de), lautmalend; (uncommon) onomatopoetisch (de)
• Greek: ηχομιμητικός (el) (ichomimitikós)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: onomatopeico (it), fonosimbolico (it)
• Latin: onomatopoeticus
• 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)

having the property of onomatopoeia

• Danish: onomatopoietisk (da), lydefterlignende
• Dutch: onomatopoëtisch
• Faroese: ljóðhermandi
• Finnish: onomatopoeettinen (fi)
• French: onomatopéique (fr)
• German: lautmalerisch (de), lautmalend; (uncommon) onomatopoetisch (de)
• Greek: ηχομιμητικός (el) (ichomimitikós)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Hungarian: hangutánzó (hu), onomatopoétikus
• Italian: onomatopeico (it)
• Portuguese: onomatopaico (pt) m, onomatópico (pt) m, onomatopeico (pt) m
• Romanian: onomatopeic (ro)
• Russian: ономатопический (onomatopičeskij), ономатопоэтический (ru) (onomatopoetičeskij)
• Spanish: onomatopéyico (es) m
• Swedish: onomatopoetisk (sv), ljudhärmande (sv)