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n. The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to. on′o·mat′o·poe′ic, on′o·mat′o·po·et′ic [-pō-ĕt′ĭk] adj. on′o·mat′o·poe′i·cal·ly, on′o·mat′o·po·et′i·cal·ly adv. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
echoic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic, imitative Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc. Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002 Imitating sounds: echoic, imitative, onomatopoetic. The American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.Adj. 1. onomatopoeic - of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia 2. onomatopoeic - [of words] formed in imitation of a natural sound; "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer
ljudhärmandeonomatopoetisk
[ˌɒnəʊmætəʊˈpiːɪk] ADJ onomatopoetic [ˌɒnəʊmætəʊpəʊˈetɪk] ADJ → onomatopéyico
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
[ˌɒnəmætəˈpiːɪk] adj → onomatopéiqueon-ramp [ˈɒnræmp] n [US] [= on freeway] → bretelle f d'accèson-screen onscreen [ˌɒnˈskriːn]
adj
[= on computer screen] → à l'écran
[= on cinema screen] → à l'écran
adv
[= on computer screen] → à l'écran
A simple help menu is available on-screen → Un menu d'aide simple est accessible à l'écran.
[= on cinema screen] → à l'écran
on-screen and off-screen → à la fois à l'écran et hors écran
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
, onomatopoetic
adj → lautmalend, onomatopoetisch [spec]
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
[ˌɒnəʊmætəʊˈpiːɪk] adj → onomatopeico/a
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
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Note some of the most effective onomatopoeic passages.
Hearing the onomatopoeic bulbul's song never fails to take me back to my childhood in Taif and Makkah, enveloping me in the joy of my youth and the love of my family.
An amalgam of two Cebuano terms - the onomatopoeic 'toktok' and 'hangyo' - the word, familiar to the general public since the President launched his war against drugs in 2016, alludes to the operational method by which police officers knock on doors, 'toktok,' and issue their warning, 'hangyo,' to drug suspects to stop their involvement in illegal drugs.
Consisting of two powerful outer movements framing a lighter, faster piece, this symphonic sketch is a musically onomatopoeic description of the moods of the sea: the swaying movement of the waves, and the pitter-patter of falling droplets of spray outlined in three movements -- From dawn to noon on the sea, Play of the Waves, and Dialogue between the wind and the sea.
Ian Densford's graphic watercolors paired with a spattering of onomatopoeic utterings create an unforgiving tale of the "war to end all wars".
onomatopoeic
adjective /ˌɒnəˌmætəˈpiːɪk/- using or connected with onomatopoeia
- Bang and pop are onomatopoeic words.
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