onomatopoeic

• onomatopœic
• onomatopoetic (less common)

From onomatopoeia +‎ -ic.

• IPA^(key): /ˌɒnəmætəˈpiːɪk/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /ˌɒnəmɛtəˈpiːək/, /-ˈpæeək/

onomatopoeic (not comparable)

1. Of or relating to onomatopoeia.

   Synonyms: onomatopoeial, onomatopoetic, echoic

2. Having the property of onomatopoeia.
   • 2008, Helen Gilhooly, chapter 1, in Complete Japanese‎, →ISBN, page 31:

     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

• onomatopoeically