Word for words that sound like the sound [closed]
In our English lesson, we talked about words that are derived from sounds.
Our teacher said they are "anamatapic", but it seems I can't get the spelling right. Even google does not provide a good suggestion for a better spelling.
So now I am looking for the word that sounds like "anamatapic" and describes the professional term for words that sound like the sound. Everything's clear?
I have tried
- dict.leo.org
Close votes: thanks for the meta reference to good resources.
The following online resources don't help:
- OED
- Cambridge dictionary
- The free dictionary
- Etymology
- Onelook
These will guide to correct results:
- Dictionary.com
- Merriam Webster
- Oxford Dictionaries
So, yeah, maybe I could have found it there.
And if you try Google now, you'll get a result from a strange website, which is not a dictionary, but some kind of Q&A style forum. Maybe we can put that one in the list of helpful resources, too :-D
Also cool: if I would have type the title of this EL&U question into Google instead of the intended word, the first hit is the correct Wikipedia article. I'll try to derive a pattern from this.
Solution 1:
Onomatopoeia: (noun), onomatopoeic ( adj) :
The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.