List of onomatopoeias

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This is a list of onomatopoeias , i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles.

Contents

Human vocal sounds

Sounds made by devices or other objects

Things named after sounds

Animal and bird names

Animal and bird noises

For sounds listed by the name of the animal, see List of animal sounds.

English words for animal noises include:

Music groups or terms

Works, groups and characters named after sounds

Sounds in fiction

See also

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Because of the nature of onomatopoeia, there are many words which show a similar pronunciation in the languages of the world. The following is a list of some conventional examples:

Events in 1962 in animation.

References

  1. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/coqu%C3%AD#Spanish
  2. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spring_peeper
  3. "pew pew". Lexico. Oxford Dictionary. Archived from the original on February 25, 2021. Retrieved 14 August 2020.