Onomatopoetic

Onomatopoetic
Onomatopoetic On`o*mat`o*po*et"ic, a. Of or pertaining to onomatop[oe]ia; characterized by onomatop[oe]ia; imitative; as, an onomatopoetic writer or word. --Earle. [1913 Webster]

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  • onomatopoetic — ONOMATOPOÉTIC, Ă, onomatopoetici, ce, adj. (înv.) Onomatopeic. – Din germ. onomatopoetisch. Trimis de ana zecheru, 13.09.2007. Sursa: DEX 98  onomatopoétic adj. m. poetic Trimis de siveco, 10.08.2004. Sursa: Dicţionar ortografic …   Dicționar Român

  • onomatopoetic — adjective 1. of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia • Syn: ↑onomatopoeic • Pertains to noun: ↑onomatopoeia, ↑onomatopoeia (for: ↑onomatopoeic) • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • onomatopoetic — adjective see onomatopoeia …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • onomatopoetic — See onomatopoeic. * * * …   Universalium

  • onomatopoetic — adjective ; concerning or characterized by onomatopoeia. Syn: onomatopoeic See Also: onomatopoeia …   Wiktionary

  • onomatopoetic — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Imitating sounds: echoic, imitative, onomatopoeic. See SAME, SOUNDS …   English dictionary for students

  • onomatopoetic — É‘nÉ™mætÉ™pəʊ etɪk / É’n adj. (about a word) sounds similar to the sound that it represents (ex: swish or meow ) …   English contemporary dictionary

  • onomatopoetic — on·o·mat·o·po·et·ic …   English syllables

  • onomatopoeic — adjective 1. of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia • Syn: ↑onomatopoetic • Pertains to noun: ↑onomatopoeia (for: ↑onomatopoetic), ↑onomatopoeia • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • onomatopoeical — adjective (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 • Syn: ↑echoic, ↑imitative, ↑onomatopoeic,… …   Useful english dictionary

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