onomatopoetikon

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• onomatopoetikum (a Latinised form)

Etymology

From German Onomatopoetikon, from Ancient Greek ὀνοματοποιία (onomatopoiía), a compound of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”) +‎ ποιέω (poiéō, “to make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.nu.ma.tu.pu.eː.ti.kon/, [ˌʊ.nʊ.mɑ.tʊ.pʊ.ˈeː.tɪ.kɔn]

Noun

onomatopoetikon n (definite singular onomatopetikonet, indefinite plural onomatopoetika, definite plural onomatopoetikaene)

1. (linguistics) onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like what it represents)

   "pang" og "kvitre" er eksempel på onomatopoetika på norsk.

   "pang" (bang) and "kvitre" (tweet) are examples of onomatopoeias in Norwegian.

   • 1991, Øystein Wingaard Wolf, Det portugisiske krigsskip, Aschehoug:

     Jeg fant på nye ord for å glede henne, onomatopoetikon som drysset over begjæret og fikk henne til å bukte seg som en sprelsk liten fisk.

     I coined new words in order to make her happy, onomatopoeia sprinkling over her desire that got her to wriggle like a squirming little fish.

Synonyms

• lydord
• ekkoord

References

“onomatopoetikon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“onomatopoetikon” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• onomatopoetikum (a Latinised form)
• onomatopoietikon (non-standard since 1962)

Etymology

From German Onomatopoetikon, from Ancient Greek ὀνοματοποιία (onomatopoiía), a compound of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”) +‎ ποιέω (poiéō, “to make”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /u.nu.ma.tu.pu.eː.ti.kon/, [ˌʊ.nʊ.mɑ.tʊ.pʊ.ˈeː.tɪ.kɔn]

Noun

onomatopoetikon n (definite singular onomatopoetikonet, indefinite plural onomatopoetikon, definite plural onomatopoetikona)

1. (linguistics) onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like what it represents)

   Ein kan bruka onomatopoetikon i tekstane sine for å gjere dem artigare.

   You can use onomatopoeias in your texts to make them funnier.

   • 1982, Bjarne Fidjestøl, Det norrøne fyrstediktet, Alvheim & Eide

     [...], ein illusjon som overvinn språkteiknets arbitrære natur og gjev språkstoffet i diktet litt av den same motivering som eit onomatopoetikon har.

     [...], an illusion that surmounts the arbitrary nature of written characters and gives the language in the poem a little of the same motivation as an onomatopoeia.

Synonyms

• ljodord, lydord
• ekkoord

References

• “onomatopoetikon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Swedish

Etymology

From German Onomatopoetikon, from Ancient Greek ὀνοματοποιία (onomatopoiía), a compound of ὄνομα (ónoma, “name”) +‎ ποιέω (poiéō, “to make”).

Noun

onomatopoetikon n

1. (linguistics) onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like what it represents)

Declension

Declension of onomatopoetikon

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	onomatopoetikon	onomatopoetikons
	definite	onomatopoetikonet	onomatopoetikonets
plural	indefinite	onomatopoetika	onomatopoetikas
	definite	onomatopoetika	onomatopoetikas

References

onomatopoetikon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)