onomatopoeic
/ˌɒnəmætəˈpiːɪk/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.67 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or relating to onomatopoeia.
adj
Having the property of onomatopoeia.
Example Sentences
- "There are also three ways in which katakana is used for writing Japanese words: 1 to make words stand out, for example, in advertising: トヨタ (Toyota) 2 to classify species of plants and animals, for example in botanical gardens 3 to write onomatopoeic words"
- "Some of them are onomatopoeic like hrududu (which is a car), but overall they simply came from my subconscious."
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁nómn̥ Proto-Hellenic *ónomə Ancient Greek ὄνομᾰ (ónomă) Proto-Indo-European *kʷey-der. Proto-Hellenic *kʷoiwéyō Ancient Greek ποιέω (poiéō) Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰτοποιός (onomătopoiós) Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ Proto-Hellenic *-íā Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā) Ancient Greek ὀνομᾰτοποιῐ́ᾱ (onomătopoiĭ́ā)der. Latin onomatopoeïabor. English onomatopoeia Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic English onomatopoeic From onomatopoeia + -ic.