Onomatopoeia

//ˌɒnəˌmætəˈpiːə//

Synonyms for "onomatopoeia" (38 found)

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Closest matches (8)

Noun(1 words)
echoism

Strong matches (11)

Noun(1 words)
imitative harmony

Related words (19)

Related word relations

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7 relation types

More general

1 entries

Synonyms

4 entries

Related terms

10 entries

derived

1 entries

has context

1 entries

is a

1 entries

related to

14 entries

Translations

130 translations across 49 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • onomatope noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • onomatope noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Arabic

1 entries
  • مُحَاكَاة صَوْتِيَّة noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)

Armenian

2 entries
  • բնաձայնություն noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • բնաձայնություն noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Azerbaijani

2 entries
  • səs təqlidi noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • təqlidi söz noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Basque

1 entries
  • onomatopeia noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • ономатопе́я noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • ономатопея noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Catalan

2 entries
  • onomatopeia noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • onomatopeia noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries
  • 擬聲 /拟声 noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • 擬聲詞 /拟声词 noun (word that sounds like what it represents)
  • 擬聲語 /拟声语 noun (word that sounds like what it represents)
  • 狀聲 /状声 noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)

Czech

4 entries
  • onomatopoie noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • onomatopoion noun (word that sounds like what it represents)
  • zvukomalba noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • zvukomalebné slovo noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Danish

3 entries
  • lydord noun (word that sounds like what it represents)
  • onomatopoietikon noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • onomatopoietikon noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Dutch

3 entries
  • klanknabootsing noun (word that sounds like what it represents)
  • onomatopee noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • onomatopee noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • onomatopeo noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • onomatopeo noun (word that sounds like what it represents)
  • sonimito noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Estonian

3 entries
  • helijäljendus noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • kõlasõna noun (word that sounds like what it represents)
  • onomatopöa noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)

Faroese

1 entries
  • ljóðorð noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Finnish

3 entries
  • onomatopoeettinen sana noun (word that sounds like what it represents)
  • onomatopoeettisuus noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • onomatopoesia noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)

French

2 entries
  • onomatopée noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • onomatopée noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Galician

2 entries
  • onomatopeia noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • onomatopeia noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Georgian

2 entries
  • ონომატოპეა noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • ხმაბაძვა noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)

German

4 entries
  • Klangnachahmung noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • Klangwort noun (word that sounds like what it represents)
  • Lautmalerei noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • Lautnachahmung noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)

Greek

2 entries
  • ονοματοποιία noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • ονοματοποιία noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Hindi

4 entries
  • अनुकरण noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • अनुकरण noun (word that sounds like what it represents)
  • स्वनानुकरणात्मक noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • स्वनानुकरणात्मक noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • hangutánzó jelleg noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • hangutánzó-hangulatfestő/hangfestő szó noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • hljóðgerving noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • hljóðgervingur noun (word that sounds like what it represents)
  • hljóðlíkingarorð noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • onomatopoeia noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • pembentukan kata yg meniru suara noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)

Irish

2 entries
  • fuaimfhoclaíocht noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • onamataipé noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)

Italian

2 entries
  • onomatopea noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • onomatopea noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Japanese

4 entries
  • オノマトペ noun (word that sounds like what it represents)
  • 擬声 noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • 擬声語 noun (word that sounds like what it represents)
  • 擬態語 noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Korean

1 entries
  • 의성어 noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Latin

3 entries
  • onomatopoeïa noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • onomatopoēticum noun (word that sounds like what it represents)
  • vocābulum onomatopoēticum noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • ономатопе́ја noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • ономатопе́ја noun (word that sounds like what it represents)
  • подражавање noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • подражавање noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Manx

1 entries
  • arrish-ockleeaght noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)

Māori

2 entries
  • kupu ororite noun (word that sounds like what it represents)
  • kupu pakoire oro noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Norwegian

3 entries
  • lydord noun (word that sounds like what it represents)
  • onomatopoetikon noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • onomatopoetikon noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Persian

1 entries
  • نامآوا noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Polish

3 entries
  • onomatopeja noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • onomatopeja noun (word that sounds like what it represents)
  • wyraz dźwiękonaśladowczy noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • onomatopeia noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • onomatopeia noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • صوت noun (word that sounds like what it represents)
  • ਸੌਤ noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Romanian

2 entries
  • onomatopee noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • onomatopee noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Russian

4 entries
  • звукоподража́ние noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • звукоподража́ние noun (word that sounds like what it represents)
  • ономатопе́я noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • ономатопе́я noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • onomatopéja noun (word that sounds like what it represents)
  • ономатопе́ја noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Shuar

1 entries
  • métek-chícham noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Spanish

2 entries
  • onomatopeya noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • onomatopeya noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Swedish

1 entries
  • onomatopoetikon noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)

Tagalog

4 entries
  • onomatopeya noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • onomatopeya noun (word that sounds like what it represents)
  • sintunog noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • sintunog noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Turkish

4 entries
  • onomatope noun (word that sounds like what it represents)
  • yansıma noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • yansıma sözcük noun (word that sounds like what it represents)
  • yansımalı sözcük noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • звуконаслі́дування noun (word that sounds like what it represents)
  • ономатопе́я noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • tượng thanh noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)
  • từ tượng thanh noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Welsh

1 entries
  • onomatopeia noun (word that sounds like what it represents)

Yoruba

1 entries
  • ìfìrósínròójẹ noun (property of a word that sounds like what it represents)

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What is an onomatopoeia?

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Some of the onomatopoeia in Japanese make no sense to me.

Source: tatoeba (9337166)

A woorde making called of the Grecians Onomatapoia, is when wee make wordes of our owne minde, such as bee derived from the nature of things.

Source: wiktionary

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