onomatopoeic

adjective

Imitating sounds: echoic, imitative, onomatopoetic. See same/different/compare, sounds/pleasant sounds/unpleasant sounds/neutral sounds or silence.

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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia
  Synonym: onomatopoetic
  Pertains to noun: onomatopoeia (meaning #1)

Meaning #2: (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound
  Synonyms: echoic, imitative, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic

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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - onomatopoietisk, lydmalende

Nederlands (Dutch)
klanknabootsend

Français (French)
adj. - onomatopéique

Deutsch (German)
adj. - (Ling.) onomatopoetisch, den Klang nachahmend

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ονοματοποίητος

Italiano (Italian)
onomatopeico

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - onomatopéico

Русский (Russian)
звукоподражательный

Español (Spanish)
adj. - onomatopéyico

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - onomatopoetisk, ljudhärmande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
拟声的, 声喻的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 擬聲的, 聲喻的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 의성의, 의성어의

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 擬声の, 擬声語の, 擬音の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) صياغه الكلمات بالأصوات‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮מחקה צלילי טבעי (מילה)‬

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