See onomatopoeia in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"code": "sq",
"lang": "Albanian",
"sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
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"feminine"
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},
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"roman": "onomatopéja",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
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"tags": [
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"word": "onomatopoie"
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"sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
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"sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
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"sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
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"sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
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"sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
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"feminine"
],
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{
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"code": "is",
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"sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
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"feminine"
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"word": "hljóðgerving"
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"sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
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{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
"word": "pembentukan kata yg meniru suara"
},
{
"code": "ga",
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"sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
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"code": "ga",
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"feminine"
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"code": "gv",
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{
"code": "no",
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"code": "pl",
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"code": "pt",
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"word": "звукоподража́ние"
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"sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
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"sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
"word": "tượng thanh"
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{
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"sense": "property of a word that sounds like what it represents",
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"feminine"
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{
"code": "hy",
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"roman": "bnajaynutʻyun",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
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},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
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"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
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{
"code": "ca",
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"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "onomatopeia"
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"word": "象聲詞"
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"code": "cmn",
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
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"code": "cmn",
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"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
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"code": "cmn",
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"code": "cmn",
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"code": "cs",
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"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "lydord"
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"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
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"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
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{
"code": "et",
"lang": "Estonian",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
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"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"word": "onomatopoeettinen sana"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "onomatopée"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "onomatopeia"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lautmalerisches Wort"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lautmalendes Wort"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lautnachahmendes Wort"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "klangnachahmendes Wort"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "onomatopoetisches Wort"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Klangwort"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Schallwort"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "Onomatopoetikum"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "onomatopoiía",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ονοματοποιία"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "svanānukarṇātmak",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"word": "स्वनानुकरणात्मक"
},
{
"code": "hi",
"lang": "Hindi",
"roman": "anukraṇ",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "अनुकरण"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"word": "hangutánzó-hangulatfestő/hangfestő szó"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "hljóðlíkingarorð"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "hljóðgervingur"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "onomatopea"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "giongo",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"word": "擬音語"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "giseigo",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"word": "擬声語"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gitaigo",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"word": "擬態語"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "onomatope",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"word": "オノマトペ"
},
{
"alt": "擬聲語",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "uiseong'eo",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"word": "의성어"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "onomatopoëticum"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"note": "onomatopoēticum (cf. vocābulum onomatopoëticum, vocābulum onomatopoēticum, vōx onomatopoētica)",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
]
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "onomatopéja",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ономатопе́ја"
},
{
"code": "mk",
"lang": "Macedonian",
"roman": "podražavanje",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "подражавање"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"word": "kupu ororite"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"word": "kupu pakoire oro"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "lydord"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"masculine",
"neuter"
],
"word": "onomatopoetikon"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "namava",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"word": "نامآوا"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "onomatopeja"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "wyraz dźwiękonaśladowczy"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "onomatopeia"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "ṣot",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "صوت"
},
{
"code": "pa",
"lang": "Punjabi",
"roman": "saut",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ਸੌਤ"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "onomatopee"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "zvukopodražánije",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "звукоподража́ние"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "onomatopéja",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ономатопе́я"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "ономатопе́ја"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "onomatopéja"
},
{
"code": "jiv",
"lang": "Shuar",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"word": "métek-chícham"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "onomatopeya"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"word": "sintunog"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"word": "onomatopeya"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"word": "onomatope"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"word": "yansıma sözcük"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"word": "từ tượng thanh"
},
{
"code": "cy",
"lang": "Welsh",
"sense": "word that sounds like what it represents",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "onomatopeia"
}
],
"word": "onomatopoeia"
}
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