onomatopoeical

1. 1.

   (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”

   Synonymsechoicimitativeonomatopoeiconomatopoetic

Questions about onomatopoeical

What does onomatopoeical mean?

onomatopoeical means "(of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound".

How many syllables are in onomatopoeical?

onomatopoeical has 7 syllables and divides as o-no-ma-to-po-ei-cal under the regular spelling rules. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.