Onomatopoeic

on·o·mat·o·poe·ia  (n-mt-p, -mät-)

n.

The formation or use of words such as buzz or murmur that imitate the sounds associated with the objects or actions they refer to.

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[Late Latin, from Greek onomatopoii, from onomatopoios, coiner of names : onoma, onomat-, name; see n-men- in Indo-European roots + poiein, to make; see k^wei-² in Indo-European roots.]

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ono·mato·poeic, ono·mato·po·etic (-p-tk) adj.

ono·mato·poei·cal·ly, ono·mato·po·eti·cal·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adj.	1.	onomatopoeic - of or relating to or characterized by onomatopoeia onomatopoetic
	2.	onomatopoeic - (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound; "onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises"; "it was independently developed in more than one place as an onomatopoetic term"- Harry Hoijer echoic, onomatopoeical, onomatopoetic, imitative