Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

onomatopoeial

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ono-matopoeial
IPA

17

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

2

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia.

Obsolete

Example Sentences

"But the technique of such work is irreproachable; the onomatopoeial sense of sound is most discriminative."

Etymology

From onomatopoeia + -al.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: onomatopoeia

Usage

Obsolete

Inflected Forms

more onomatopoeial (comparative) most onomatopoeial (superlative)

Questions

What does onomatopoeial mean?: Of or pertaining to onomatopoeia.
Where does onomatopoeial come from?: From onomatopoeia + -al.

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