Some other very common English-language examples are hiccup, zoom, bang, beep, moo, and splash. In the case of a frog croaking, the spelling may vary because different frog species around the world make different sounds: Ancient Greek brekekekex koax koax (only in Aristophanes' comic play The Frogs) probably for marsh frogs English ribbit for species of frog found in North America English verb croak for the common frog. Thus, words that imitate sounds can be said to be onomatopoeic and echomimetic. The word ὴχομιμητικό ( ēchomimētico) derives from ὴχώ, meaning 'echo' or 'sound', and μιμητικό, meaning 'mimetic' or 'imitating'. Onomatopoeia can differ between languages: it conforms to some extent to the broader linguistic system hence the sound of a clock may be expressed as tick tock in English, tic tac in Spanish and Italian (shown in the picture), dī dā in Mandarin, katchin katchin in Japanese, or tik-tik in Hindi.Īlthough in English the term onomatopoeia means 'the imitation of a sound', the compound Greek word onomatopoeia ( ὀνοματοποιία) means 'making or creating names'. Common onomatopoeias include animal noises such as oink, meow (or miaow), roar, and chirp. Such a word itself is also called an onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeia (also onomatopeia in American English), is the process of creating a word that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes. A sign in a shop window in Italy proclaims these silent clocks make "No Tic Tac", in imitation of the sound of a clock.
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