Meanings
alternative archaic onomatopœic · alternative obsolete onomatopeic · alternative uncommon onomatopoetic
- not comparableOf or relating to onomatopoeia.
- not comparableHaving the property of onomatopoeia.
Some of them are onomatopoeic like hrududu (which is a car), but overall they simply came from my subconscious.
2014 December 28, Richard Adams, “Richard Adams Reddit AMA”, in Interviewly, archived from the original on 03 Jan 20171 more example
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
2008, Helen Gilhooly, chapter 1, in Complete Japanese, →ISBN, page 31
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveof or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia
adjective(of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*h₁nómn̥
- Proto-Hellenic*ónomə
- Ancient Greekὄνομᾰ (ónomă)
- Proto-Indo-European*kʷey-
- Proto-Hellenic*kʷoiwéyō
- Ancient Greekποιέω (poiéō)
- Ancient Greekὀνομᾰτοποιός (onomătopoiós)
- Ancient Greekὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́ᾱ (onomătopoiĭ́ā)
- Latinonomatopoeïa
- Englishonomatopoeia
- Englishonomatopoeic
From onomatopoeia + -ic.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan onomatopeic
- onomatopeicof or relating to onomatopoeia
Danish onomatopoietisk, onomatopoietisk
- onomatopoietiskof or relating to onomatopoeia
- onomatopoietiskhaving the property of onomatopoeia
- lydefterlignendehaving the property of onomatopoeia
Dutch onomatopoëtisch, klanknabootsend
- onomatopoëtischof or relating to onomatopoeia
- klanknabootsendhaving the property of onomatopoeia
- onomatopoëtischhaving the property of onomatopoeia
Esperanto onomatopea, onomatopea
- onomatopeaof or relating to onomatopoeia
- onomatopeahaving the property of onomatopoeia
Finnish onomatopoeettinen, onomatopoeettinen
- onomatopoeettinenof or relating to onomatopoeia
- onomatopoeettinenhaving the property of onomatopoeia
French onomatopéique, onomatopéique
- onomatopéiqueof or relating to onomatopoeia
- onomatopéiquehaving the property of onomatopoeia
German lautmalerisch, lautmalend
- lautmalerischof or relating to onomatopoeia
- lautmalendof or relating to onomatopoeia
- onomatopoetischof or relating to onomatopoeia
- lautmalerischhaving the property of onomatopoeia
- lautmalendhaving the property of onomatopoeia
- onomatopoetischhaving the property of onomatopoeia
Greek ηχομιμητικός, ηχομιμητικός
- ηχομιμητικός (ichomimitikós)of or relating to onomatopoeia
- ηχομιμητικός (ichomimitikós)having the property of onomatopoeia
Hungarian hangutánzó, onomatopoétikus
- hangutánzóhaving the property of onomatopoeia
- onomatopoétikushaving the property of onomatopoeia
Italian onomatopeico, fonosimbolico
- onomatopeicoof or relating to onomatopoeia
- fonosimbolicoof or relating to onomatopoeia
- onomatopeicohaving the property of onomatopoeia
Latin onomatopoēticus
- onomatopoēticusof or relating to onomatopoeia
Polish dźwiękonaśladowczy, onomatopeiczny
- dźwiękonaśladowczyof or relating to onomatopoeia
- onomatopeicznyof or relating to onomatopoeia
- dźwiękonaśladowczyhaving the property of onomatopoeia
- onomatopeicznyhaving the property of onomatopoeia
Portuguese onomatopaico, onomatópico
- onomatopaicoof or relating to onomatopoeia
- onomatópicoof or relating to onomatopoeia
- onomatopeicoof or relating to onomatopoeia
- onomatopaicohaving the property of onomatopoeia
- onomatópicohaving the property of onomatopoeia
- onomatopeicohaving the property of onomatopoeia
Romanian onomatopeic, onomatopeic
- onomatopeicof or relating to onomatopoeia
- onomatopeichaving the property of onomatopoeia
Russian ономатопический, ономатопоэтический
- ономатопический (onomatopičeskij)of or relating to onomatopoeia
- ономатопоэтический (onomatopoetičeskij)of or relating to onomatopoeia
- звукоподража́тельный (zvukopodražátelʹnyj)of or relating to onomatopoeia
- ономатопический (onomatopičeskij)having the property of onomatopoeia
- ономатопоэтический (onomatopoetičeskij)having the property of onomatopoeia
Slovak onomatopoický
- onomatopoickýof or relating to onomatopoeia
Spanish onomatopéyico, onomatopéyico
- onomatopéyicoof or relating to onomatopoeia
- onomatopéyicohaving the property of onomatopoeia
Swedish onomatopoetisk, ljudhärmande
- onomatopoetiskof or relating to onomatopoeia
- ljudhärmandeof or relating to onomatopoeia
- onomatopoetiskhaving the property of onomatopoeia
- ljudhärmandehaving the property of onomatopoeia
Vietnamese tượng thanh, tượng thanh
- tượng thanhof or relating to onomatopoeia
- tượng thanhhaving the property of onomatopoeia
Welsh onomatopëig, onomatopëig
- onomatopëigof or relating to onomatopoeia
- onomatopëighaving the property of onomatopoeia
Cite this entry
onomatopoeic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onomatopoeic
“onomatopoeic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onomatopoeic. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “onomatopoeic,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/onomatopoeic.
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