onomatopoeic
Adjective
Meaning
Onomatopoetic.
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onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises
it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term
One is onomatopoeia : for example, the suggested root for 'smell' listed above, *čuna may simply be a result of many languages employing an onomatopoeic word that sounds like sniffing, snuffling, or smelling.
Kladderadatsch, an onomatopoeic for “crash”, was started in 1848 and was initially a middle class, centrist magazine, it became a political satire weekly printed in Berlin, Germany.
The cartoon style is heightened by the use of the onomatopoeic lettering "Whaam!" and the boxed caption "I pressed the fire control..
Some languages flexibly integrate onomatopoeic words into their structure.