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Meanings of onomatopoeic in English

Portuguese
onomatopaico

(Of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound.

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      Examples for "imitative"
      Examples for "imitative"
      1
      There are two great schools of art; the imitative and the imaginative.
      Hyperion
      2
      The sentiment of the white village was overpowering among the imitative negroes.
      Birthright: A Novel
      3
      The imitative arts do not exist, or are in their lowest state.
      Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches — Volume 2
      4
      Their suicide attempts appear in the spirit of imitative or experimental play.
      The tipping point: how little things can make a big difference
      5
      Words in their first formation were doubtless constituted by their imitative power.
      The Psychology of Beauty
      1
      However, in category III, all tumors were detected as low-echoic by B-mode ultrasonography.
      Pubmed
      2
      One tumor showed a hyper-echoic pattern which grew very rapidly.
      Pubmed
      3
      The shadow felt Jedi Masters stride the vast echoic emptiness of the vaulted halls outside.
      Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
      4
      It is an echoic city, filled with shadows.
      The Guardian
      5
      Endoscopic ultrasound (EUS) examination showed an encapsulated cystic lesion with relatively homogenous and highly echoic contents.
      Pubmed
      1
      Note the onomatopoetic effect of the rhythm.
      A Book of German Lyrics
      2
      Notice for example the onomatopoetic effect in 13, 7 and 8:
      A Book of German Lyrics
      3
      A crude translation of the words, lacking entirely the onomatopoetic quality of the original goes something like this:
      The Cruise of the Kawa: Wanderings in the South Seas
      4
      SIRRT, an onomatopoetic word coined by the poet to imitate the sound of the scythe cutting through the grain.
      A Book of German Lyrics
      5
      Its name, like that of the minminzemi, is onomatopoetic; but in Izumo the sounds of its chant are given thus:
      Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: Second Series
      Usage of onomatopoeic in English
      1
      THE French word doucement has an onomatopoeic sensuality that is entirely absent from any English synonym.
      The Irish Times
      2
      Historical note: There are a couple of onomatopoeic myths circulating about the origin of this term.
      The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000
      3
      And he would have chosen it instinctively-foronomatopoeic reasons-becauseit hums and drones and murmurs dreamily.
      A Prisoner in Fairyland (The Book That 'Uncle Paul' Wrote)
      4
      Note some of the most effective onomatopoeic passages.
      A History of English Literature
      5
      Of course, calling it a vaguely onomatopoeic Smooff makes everything else seem like a bastion of sensible, mature branding.
      The Irish Times
      6
      The context helped, but more than that, the word was at one with its meaning, and was almost onomatopoeic.
      Atonement
      7
      In another famous onomatopoeic line-
      Grain and Chaff from an English Manor
      8
      The titles of the compositions provide clues to the techniques they employ and the almost onomatopoeic atmosphere each one relays.
      The Irish Times
      9
      Brill Building songwriters would come out with partly onomatopoeic lines like: Met him on a Monday and my heart stood still.
      The Guardian
      10
      And it's one of the noisiest tomes I've ever read, its onomatopoeic reverberations serving to leave me with a thumping headache.
      The Irish Times
      11
      Others, equally graphic and often almost onomatopoeic, are windslab breakable crust and crude sugar, corn and glop and fluff cement and boilerplate.
      The Irish Times
      12
      The group's first single, Tessellate, an onomatopoeic puzzle of angular beats and pointed sexual advances, became a radio hit before anyone knew who they were.
      The Guardian
      13
      Is there an award for Most Onomatopoeic Movie Killing Spree?
      The Irish Times
      14
      Several authors, among them Kaltschmidt, contend that there was but one primitive language, which was purely onomatopœic, that is, imitative of natural sounds.
      Sign Language Among North American Indians Compared With That Am...
      15
      THE French word doucement has an onomatopoeic sensuality that is entirely absent from any English synonym.
      The Irish Times
      16
      Historical note: There are a couple of onomatopoeic myths circulating about the origin of this term.
      The Jargon File, Version 4.2.2, 20 Aug 2000
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