onomatopoeic

Etymology

From onomatopoeia + -ic.

adj

  1. Of or relating to onomatopoeia.
  2. Having the property of onomatopoeia.
    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 2008, Helen Gilhooly, chapter 1, in Complete Japanese, page 31

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