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Meanings of onomatopoetic in English
Portuguese
onomatopaico (Of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound.
Related terms
Usage of onomatopoetic in English
1
Note the onomatopoetic effect of the rhythm.
2
Notice for example the onomatopoetic effect in 13, 7 and 8:
3
A crude translation of the words, lacking entirely the onomatopoetic quality of the original goes something like this:
4
SIRRT, an onomatopoetic word coined by the poet to imitate the sound of the scythe cutting through the grain.
5
Its name, like that of the minminzemi, is onomatopoetic; but in Izumo the sounds of its chant are given thus:
6
Even true onomatopoetic words like "bang" or "crack" derive, I suspect, most of their specific quality from their meaning.
7
About a year later came "The Bells," wonderful for the music of its verse, and the finest onomatopoetic poem in the language.
Frequent collocations
Onomatopoetic through the time