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Onomatopoeia (occasionally spelled onomateopoeia or onomatopœia, from Greek ονοματοποιία) is a word or a grouping of words that imitates the sound it is describing, suggesting its source object, such as "click," "bunk", "clang," "buzz," "bang," or animal noises such as "oink", "slurp", or "meow". Greek (el ελληνική γλώσσα or simply el ελληνικά — "Hellenic" is an Indo-European language, spoken today by 15-22 million people mainly A word is a unit of Language that carries meaning and consists of one or more Morphemes which are linked more or less tightly together and has a Phonetic The word is a synthesis of the Greek words όνομα (onoma, = "name") and ποιέω (poieō, = "I make" or "I do") thus it essentially means "name creation", although it makes more sense combining "name" and "I do", meaning it is named (and spelled) as it sounds (e. g. quack, bang, etc. ).

Variations in onomatopoeia between languages

Onomatopoeic words exist in every language, although they are different in each. For example:


Bird singing

Cannon firing or gun shot

Cat meowing

Collision sounds

Crow calling

Dangling

Dog barking

Frog croaking

Geese calling

Heart beating


Kissing

Rooster crowing

Sneezing

Stuttering


Tooth brushing


Water dripping

Wind blowing


Reasons for variations

Sometimes onomatopoeic words can seem to have a tenuous relationship with the object they describe. Native speakers of a given language may never question the relationship, but because words for the same basic sound can differ considerably between languages, non-native speakers might be confused by the idiomatic words of another language. For example, the sound a dog makes (help·info) is bow-wow (or woof-woof) in English, wau-wau in German, uau-uau in Interlingua, ouaf-ouaf in French, gaf-gaf in Russian, hav-hav in Hebrew, wan-wan or bau-bau in Japanese, ão-ão in Portuguese, au-au in Brazilian Portuguese, guau-guau in Spanish, bau-bau in Italian, vov-vov in Danish, woef woef [as English woof] or waf waf in Dutch, wōu-wōu in Cantonese, voff-voff in Icelandic, hau-hau in Finnish and Polish, haf-haf in Czech, hav-hav (pronounced like English how-how) in Slovak, guk guk in Indonesian, bub bub in Catalan, ghav-ghav in Modern Greek, wou wou in Teso, gâu gâu in Vietnamese, vaL vaL in Tamil, wāng-wāng in Mandarin, meong meong in Korean, and hong hong in Thai. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Interlingua is an International auxiliary language (IAL developed between 1937 and 1951 by the International Auxiliary Language Association (IALA French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Russian ( transliteration:,) is the most geographically widespread language of Eurasia, the most widely spoken of the Slavic languages is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. Brazilian Portuguese ( Language code pt-BR Portuguese: português brasileiro or português do Brasil) is a group of Portuguese Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. Danish ( d̥ænsɡ̊ is one of the North Germanic languages (also called Scandinavian languages a sub-group of the Germanic branch of the Dutch ( is a West Germanic language spoken by around 24 million people 22 million of which are from the Netherlands, Belgium and Suriname Standard Cantonese is the standard variant of the Cantonese (Yuet language Icelandic ( is a North Germanic language, the language of Iceland. Finnish ( or suomen kieli) is the language spoken by the majority of the population in Finland (92% As of 2006) and by ethnic Finns outside Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. Czech (ˈʧɛk čeština ˈʧɛʃcɪna in Czech is a West Slavic language with about 12 million native speakers it is the majority language in the The Slovak language ( slovenčina, slovenský jazyk, not to be confused with Slovenščina) sometimes referred to as "Slovakian" Indonesian or Bahasa Indonesia, based on the Riau version of Malay language, was declared the official language with the declaration of Catalan ˈkætəˌlæn ( català kətəˈla or) is a Romance language, the national and official language of Andorra, and a co-official Modern Greek (el Νέα Ελληνικά or el Νεοελληνική lit The Iteso plural (also referred to as Teso is the place where Iteso traditionally live in, Etesot singular male and Atesot singular female) are an ethnic Vietnamese ( tiếng Việt, or less commonly Việt ngữ) formerly known under French colonization as Annamese ( see Annam) Tamil (ta தமிழ்; t̪əmɨɻ is a Dravidian language spoken predominantly by Tamil people of the Indian subcontinent. Standard Mandarin, also known as Standard Spoken Chinese, is the official modern Chinese spoken language used in mainland China and Taiwan This article is mainly about the spoken Korean language See Hangul for details on the native Korean writing system Thai (th ภาษาไทย, transcription: phasa thai, transliteration:; pʰāːsǎːtʰāj is the national and

In the case of a frog croaking, the spelling can vary because different frog species around the world make different sounds: Ancient Greek brekekekex koax koax for probably Rana ridibunda; English ribbit for species of frog found in North America; English verb "croak" for Rana temporaria. This article is about the block cipher algorithm For the ultrafast laser pulse measurement technique see Frequency-resolved optical gating. The Ancient Greek language is the historical stage in the development of the Hellenic language family spanning the Archaic (c The Marsh Frog ( Rana ridibunda) is the largest Frog native to Europe, and belongs to the family of True frogs It is very similar in appearance The Common Frog, Rana temporaria also known as the European Common Frog or European Common Brown Frog is found throughout much of Europe

Uses of onomatopoeia

Some other very common English-language examples include hiccup, bang, beep, and splash. Machines and their sounds are also often described with onomatopoeia, as in honk or beep-beep for the horn of an automobile, and vroom or brum for the engine. A machine is any device that uses Energy to perform some activity In science fiction the sounds made by laser weapons are often described as "zaps". For animal sounds, words like quack (duck), bark (dog), roar (lion) and meow (cat) are typically used in English. For duck as a food see Duck (food; for other meanings see Duck (disambiguation. The dog ( Canis lupus familiaris) is a domesticated Subspecies of the gray wolf, a Mammal of the Canidae family of the order The lion ( Panthera leo) is a member of the family Felidae and one of four Big cats in the Genus Panthera. WikipediaManual of Style (spelling, articles should conform to one overall spelling style of English typically the one most linked to the article topic (if it is geographic Some of these words are used both as nouns and as verbs.

Agglutinative languages or synthetic languages flexibly integrate onomatopoeic words into their structure. An agglutinative language is a Language that uses Agglutination extensively most Words are formed by joining Morphemes together This may evolve into a new word, up to the point that it is no longer recognized as onomatopoeia. One example is English "bleat" for the sheep noise: in medieval times it was pronounced approximately as "blairt" (but without an R-component), or "blet" with the vowel drawled, which is much more accurate as onomatopoeia than the modern pronunciation. Onomatopoeia (also spelled onomatopœia, from Greek: ονοματοποιΐα is a Word or a grouping of words that imitates the sound it is describing

An example of the opposite case is "cuckoo", which, due to continuous familiarity with the bird noise down the centuries, has kept approximately the same pronunciation as in Anglo-Saxon times and has not changed to having its vowels as in "furrow". The cuckoos are a family Cuculidae, of Near passerine Birds The order Cuculiformes, in addition to the cuckoos also includes the

Verbum dicendi is a method of integrating onomatopoeia and ideophones into grammar. A verbum dicendi is a Word that expresses speech or introduces a Quotation, such as "say" "utter" "ask" or "mumble" Ideophones are a type of words used by speakers to evoke a vivid impression of a certain sensation or sensory perception e

Occasionally, words for things are created from representations of the sounds these objects make. In English, for example, there is the universal fastener which is named for the onomatopoeic of the sound it makes: the zip (in the UK) or zipper (in the U. zipper (data structure A zipper ( English: zip fastener or zip) is a popular device for temporarily joining two edges of fabric. zipper (data structure A zipper ( English: zip fastener or zip) is a popular device for temporarily joining two edges of fabric. S. ). Many birds are named from the onomatopoetic link with the calls they make, such as the Bobwhite quail, the killdeer, chickadee, the cuckoo, the chiffchaff, the whooping crane and the whip-poor-will. Birds ( class Aves) are bipedal endothermic ( Warm-blooded) Vertebrate animals that lay eggs. The Northern Bobwhite, Virginia Quail or (in its home range Bobwhite Quail ( Colinus virginianus) is a ground-dwelling Bird native The killdeer ( Charadrius vociferus) is a medium-sized Plover. The tits, chickadees, and titmice comprise Paridae, a large family of small Passerine Birds which occur in the Northern hemisphere The Common Cuckoo ( Cuculus canorus) (formerly European Cuckoo is a member of the Cuckoo order of Birds the Cuculiformes which also includes the The Common Chiffchaff or simply Chiffchaff, Phylloscopus collybita, is a common and widespread Leaf warbler, named for its distinctive onomatopoeic The Whooping Crane ( Grus americana) the tallest North American bird is an Endangered crane species named for its whooping sound and call The Whip-poor-will or whippoorwill, Caprimulgus vociferus, is a medium-sized (22-27 cm Nightjar from North and Central In Tamil and Malayalam, the word for crow is kaakaa. The true crows are large Passerine Birds that comprise the Genus Corvus in the family Corvidae. This practice is especially common in certain languages such as Māori and, therefore, in names of animals borrowed from these languages.

Advertising uses onomatopoeia as a mnemonic, so consumers will remember their products, as in Rice Krispies (US and UK) and Rice Bubbles (AU) which make a "snap, crackle, pop" when one pours on milk; or in road safety advertisements: "clunk click, every trip" (click the seatbelt on after clunking the car door closed; UK campaign) or "click, clack, front and back" (click, clack of connecting the seatbelts; AU campaign) or "click it or ticket" (click of the connecting seatbelt; US DOT campaign). Advertising is a form of Communication that typically attempts to persuade potential Customers to Purchase or to consume more of a particular Brand A mnemonic device (nəˈmɒnɪk is a Memory aid Commonly met mnemonics are often verbal something such as a very short poem or a special word used to help a person remember Rice Krispies (known as Rice Bubbles in Australia) is a Brand of Breakfast cereal that was created in 1927 by Kellogg's and released Rice Krispies (known as Rice Bubbles in Australia) is a Brand of Breakfast cereal that was created in 1927 by Kellogg's and released

Manner imitation

Main article: Ideophone

In many of the world's languages, onomatopoeia-like words are used to describe phenomena apart from the purely auditive. Ideophones are a type of words used by speakers to evoke a vivid impression of a certain sensation or sensory perception e Japanese often utilizes such words to describe feelings or figurative expressions about objects or concepts. is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities For instance, Japanese barabara is used to reflect an object's state of disarray or separation, and shiiin is the onomatopoetic form of absolute silence (used at the time an English speaker might expect to hear the sound of crickets chirping or a pin dropping in a silent room). Crickets, family Gryllidae (also known as "true crickets" are Insects somewhat related to Grasshoppers and more closely related to katydids It is used in English as well with terms like bling, which describes the shine on things like gold, chrome or precious stones. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States

Onomatopoeia in pop culture

Whaam! (1963) by Roy Lichtenstein.
Whaam! (1963) by Roy Lichtenstein. Roy Fox Lichtenstein (October 27 1923 &ndash September 29 1997 was a prominent American Pop artist his work heavily influenced by both popular advertising and

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onomatopoeia

-noun

  1. (uncountable) The property of a word of sounding like what it represents.
  2. (countable) A word which has the property of onomatopoeia, such as "moo" or "hiss".
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