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Saturday, April 28, 2018

Aaron Parecki
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Because of the nature of onomatopoeia, there are many words which show a similar pronunciation in the languages of the world. The following is a list of some conventional examples:


Video Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias



Human sounds

Consuming food or drink

Bodily functions and involuntary sounds

Cries of distress

Interrupted speech

Expressions of positive emotions


Maps Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias



Animal sounds

Bird sounds

Domestic birds

Wild birds

Mammal sounds

Cats and dogs

Equine sounds

Animals with cloven hoofs

Other mammals

Other animals


Onomatopoeias Translated From Languages Around the World
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Collisions, bursts, and strikes

Balloon or bubble bursting

  • In Albanian, çpuf, puf
  • In Arabic, pakh, poof
  • In batak. tak
  • In Bemba, pobo
  • In Bengali, phat, phatash
  • In Bulgarian, puc ???, pa ??
  • In Croatian, puk
  • In Czech, puf
  • In Danish, bang, knald
  • In Dutch, pang, pof, paf
  • In English, pop, bang
  • In Estonian pops
  • In French, bang, pop
  • In Finnish, poks
  • In German, baeng, plop
  • In Greek, bam ????, bum ?????
  • In Hindi, thaa
  • In Hungarian, pukk (quieter); durr, bumm, bámm (louder)
  • In Indonesian, dor
  • In Italian, bum
  • In Japanese, pan ???
  • In Korean, ppang ?, ppeong ?, pang ?, peong ?
  • In Latvian, bliuk?
  • In Lithuanian, pok?t
  • In Macedonian, pau ???
  • In Marathi, Dhum ????
  • In Navajo, d??n (nasalized o)
  • In Persian, poloq
  • In Polish, bum, pyk
  • In Portuguese, , bum
  • In Romanian, poc
  • In Russian, bakh ???
  • In Serbian, puk
  • In Slovene, pok
  • In Spanish, pop
  • In Swedish, poff
  • In Tagalog, putók, pak
  • In Thai, ???? (po), ???? (pang)
  • In Turkish, bom
  • In Vietnamese, b?p, b?p

Cannon firing; gunshot; machine gun fire

  • In Albanian, pam; tak
  • In Arabic, bom; bov, tokh ??
  • In Basque, damba damba
  • In Bengali, goom goom
  • In Bulgarian, bum ???, kh ??, tatatata ????????
  • In Catalan, buuum, pumba; pam, pum; ratatatatà
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, p?ng ?; ping, pa ?, ?; da da da... ???
  • In Croatian, bum, pam, puf
  • In Czech, bum, prásk, ratatata
  • In Danish, bang, bum
  • In Dutch, boem; pang, pauw; ratatata
  • In English, bam, boom, blam, kaboom; bang, pow; rat-at-at-at-at-at, gat-gat-gat-gat, skkrrt skkrrt, dakka-dakka
  • In Estonian, põmm, kõmm; pauh, karpauh
  • In Finnish, pum; pam; ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta, rä-tä-tä-tä-tä-tä
  • In French, boum; pan
  • In German, bumm, rumms, kawumm; peng, puff, päng; rat-tat-tat-tat
  • In Greek, cabum, bum ?????, bam ????; bam, pan, piu-piu (mainly by kids); trrrrrr
  • In Hebrew, bum ?????
  • In Hindi, thaa
  • In Hungarian bumm, dörr; ratata, trrrrr
  • In Icelandic, búmm; bamm
  • In Indonesian, dor,
  • In Italian, bum; bang; pum
  • In Japanese, ?????? (b?n b?n), d?n ???, baky?n ?????
  • In Kannada, dum, dhaam
  • In Kazakh, bydyrsch ??????
  • In Korean, ppang ?
  • In Latvian, bum
  • In Lithuanian, bumpt, bum, pok?t
  • In Persian, bang
  • In Macedonian, bum ???; pau ???; ra ta ta ta ?? ?? ?? ??
  • In Marathi, Dhishkyaon ?????????, dhishum ?????
  • In Polish, bum-bum; bang-bang, pif-paf and others; tra ta ta ta ta
  • In Portuguese, bam, boom, cabum; ,pum; ratátátá
  • In Romanian, bum; poc
  • In Russian, ba-bakh ??-???; pif-paf ???-???; tra-ta-ta ???-??-??
  • In Sinhalese, ?isum ??????; ?ung ???; ?aka-?aka-?aka ??-??-??
  • In Spanish, pum; bang; praca
  • In Swedish, bom; pang, bang
  • In Tagalog, boom; boogsh
  • In Tamil, dishum
  • In Telugu, dishyoom
  • In Thai, ??? (tuum, cannon firing); ??? (pang, gunshot)
  • In Turkish, bom, bam, güm, d?k??nyaa (by kids)
  • In Uropi, bam (cannon), pang (gun)
  • In Vietnamese, ?oàng (louder); p?ng (quieter); bùm (usually for cannons)

Crash

  • In Afrikaans, doef, kadoef
  • In Arabic, bom, tàkh, tràkh
  • In Bengali: ?hash ???, ?hush ???, dhum ???, dham ???, daram, dhapash
  • In Bulgarian, bum ???, dum ???, trjas ????, pras ????
  • In Catalan, bumba, catacrac, patam, paf
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, hong ?
  • In Croatian, bum, tres
  • In Czech, ?ach, bum, prásk
  • In Danish, bum, bump, bang, krasj
  • In Dutch, boem, knal, plof
  • In English, boom, bam, wham, slam, bang, crash, clash, pow
  • In Estonian, prõmm, pauh, piraki, karpauh
  • In Tagalog, ka-boom
  • In Finnish, pam, pum, ryskis, kolin, räiskis
  • In French, bing, bang, boum, bam, vlan
  • In German, rumms, bumms, bauz, krach
  • In Gilbertese, beeku
  • In Greek, bam ????, gcup
  • In Haitian Creole, bip
  • In Hebrew, bum ?????, trax ??????
  • In Hindi, dhishumm ???????, dhishum ?????
  • In Hungarian, dzzs, bumm, bamm, puff, paff, csatt, nyekk
  • In Indonesian, buk, brekk, j'derr
  • In Italian, bum
  • In Japanese, ??? (g?n)
  • In Korean, kung ?
  • In Kyrgyz, ????'
  • In Latin, tuxtax
  • In Latvian, bum
  • In Lithuanian, bumpt, bum
  • In Macedonian, bum ???, pam ???, pum ???, dum ???, très ????
  • In Malay, gedebak-gedebuk, beng
  • In Marathi, dhadaam ?????
  • In Polish, bum, trach
  • In Portuguese, crash, boom
  • In Romanian, bum, buf, pac, poc, trosc, zbang
  • In Russian, bum ???
  • In Sinhalese, da?as ????
  • In Spanish, cuas, pácatelas, pungun
  • In Swedish, krash
  • In Tamil, dhishumm, dhishum
  • In Thai, ???? (khrom)
  • In Turkish, güm, bam, d?k?, çat, pat, zbam
  • In Vietnamese, ?m, r?m

Door or floor creaking

  • In Afrikaans, kraak
  • In Bulgarian, skratz ?????
  • In Arabic, azeeez ???????
  • In Catalan, nyieec, nyeeec
  • In Croatian, ?krip
  • In Czech, vrrzzz, sk?ííííp
  • In Danish, knirk
  • In Dutch, kraak
  • In English, creak
  • In Estonian, kriiks, kriuks
  • In Finnish, kriik, narsk
  • In French, crac
  • In German, knarz
  • In Hindi, charrr
  • In Hungarian, nyííí
  • In Italian, cric crac
  • In Japanese, g? ??
  • In Kazakh, shiiq ????
  • In Korean, ppi-geok ??
  • In Kyrgyz, ????
  • In Latvian, ??k
  • In Malay, eeek (keriang-keriut)
  • In Polish, skrzyp
  • In Persian, '?e?-?e? ?? ??
  • In Romanian, scâr?
  • In Russian, skreep ?????
  • In Swedish, knarr
  • In Tagalog, ekk
  • In Thai, ???? (aet)
  • In Turkish, g?c?r, g?c?rt
  • In Uropi, krak
  • In Vietnamese, kétttt, ken két, c?t k?t, k?o k?t

Engine back-firing while freewheeling

  • In Batak, put-put-put, doput-doput
  • In Italian, rrra-tatatatata...
  • In Malay, prreng prreng
  • In Romanian, pâr pâr
  • In Russian, dìr-dìr-dìr ???-???-???
  • In Spanish, tac tac tac

Knocking

  • In Arabic, daqqa ?????
  • In Afrikaans, klop
  • In Batak, tok-tok-tok
  • In Bengali, khat khat, takatak
  • In Bulgarian, chuc chuc ??? ???
  • In Catalan, toc toc
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, dang dang dang ???
  • In Croatian, kuc kuc
  • In Czech, ?uk ?uk
  • In Danish, bank bank
  • In Dutch, klop klop
  • In English, knock knock
  • In Finnish, kop kop
  • In Estonian, kopp kopp
  • In French, toc toc
  • In German, klopf klopf
  • In Hebrew, tuq tuq ???????????
  • In Hindi, thakk thakk
  • In Hungarian, kop kop, kip kop
  • In Icelandic, bank bank
  • In Indonesian, tok tok
  • In Italian, toc toc
  • In Japanese, ???? (kotsu kotsu), kon kon ????, ton ton ????
  • In Korean, ttok ttok ??
  • In Latvian, tuk tuk
  • In Lithuanian, tuk tuk
  • In Malay, tok tok tok (ketuk)
  • In Marathi, thak-thak ???-???
  • In Persian, taq-taq
  • In Polish, puk-puk
  • In Portuguese, toc toc, noque noque, truz truz
  • In Romanian, cioc-cioc
  • In Russian, tuk-tuk ???-???
  • In Spanish, toc toc
  • In Swedish, knack knack
  • In Tagalog, tok tok tok
  • In Thai, ???? ? ? (kok kok kok)
  • In Turkish, tak tak
  • In Vietnamese, c?c c?c, c?c c?c
  • In Zulu, nqo nqo nqo

Strikes

Dull strike

  • In Afrikaans, doef
  • In Bulgarian, toup ???, khlop ????
  • In Danish, bump, dunk
  • In English, knock, bump, rap, thud, boom
  • In Finnish, tök, pöksis
  • In German, klopf, plumps, platsch
  • In Japanese, don ??, zun ??
  • In Korean, peok ?
  • In Persian, b?mp
  • In Polish, ?up
  • In Portuguese, puf, pluft, pum
  • In Russian, bats ???
  • In Romanian, buf!
  • In Spanish, toc
  • In Thai, ??? (tueng), ???? (tueng)

Falling strike

  • In Afrikaans, plof
  • In Bulgarian, plyos ?????, shlyap ????
  • In Croatian, pljas
  • In Czech, ?uch
  • In English, plop, splat, thud, thunk
  • In French, floc
  • In German, plumps, patsch
  • In Hungarian, puff, paff
  • In Japanese, potori ???
  • In Korean, teok ?
  • In Persian, d?mb
  • In Portuguese, ploft, paft, catapluft, pimba
  • In Romanian, pleosc, fleo?c
  • In Russian, khlop ???? shlyop ????
  • In Spanish, plaf, paf
  • In Tagalog. blag, bug
  • In Thai, ???? (khrohm)
  • In Vietnamese, b?ch

Sharp strike

  • In Afrikaans, klingel, kletter
  • In Bulgarian, dzun ????
  • In Catalan, cling. clang, cataclinc-cataclanc
  • In Czech, cink
  • In Chinese, Cantonese, bìhng-l?ng baang-làahng ????
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, ku?ng l?ng ??, guang-dang ??
  • In Dutch, klink, ring, klingel, rinkel, kletter, tingel
  • In English, clang, clink, clank, clunk, chink, dink, tink, plink, ding, ring, ping, ting, jingle, jangle, tinkle, pow
  • In Finnish, kilin, kolin
  • In French, paf, bim, bam
  • In German, klang, kling, klirr, klimper, klingel, bimmel
  • In Hebrew, zbang ????????
  • In Japanese, ??? (k?n)
  • In Korean, jjaeng ?, ting ?
  • In Persian, jiring
  • In Portuguese, pim, plim
  • In Russian, dzyn' ?????, zvyak ????, klatz ????
  • In Spanish, tintin, tilín
  • In Thai, ???? (ting), ???? (ping)
  • In Vietnamese, keng, beng

Wet strike

  • In Afrikaans, plons, plas, spat
  • In Bulgarian, plyok ?????
  • In Catalan, xap, xof, patatxap
  • In Croatian, ?ljap
  • In Czech, plesk
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, ba-ji ??
  • In Danish, plask
  • In Dutch, plons
  • In English, splash, splish, splosh, splat
  • In Estonian lärts, plärts
  • In Finnish, loiskis, mäts
  • In French, plouf
  • In German, patsch, platsch, klatsch, schwapp
  • In Hungarian, platty
  • In Indonesian, crot
  • In Japanese, bicha ????
  • In Korean, cheolpudeok ???, cheolpeok ??
  • In Kyrgyz, ????
  • In Malay, trushh, shushh, pishh
  • In Persian, ?olop-?olop, pe?enge
  • In Polish, plask
  • In Portuguese, tchibum
  • In Romanian, pleosc, fleo?c, flea?c
  • In Russian, bultykh ??????, plyukh ????
  • In Swedish, plask
  • In Tagalog, plok
  • In Thai, ????? (plo), ???? (plae)
  • In Uropi, plac
  • In Vietnamese, b?p, ph?p

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Machinery

Camera shutter

  • In Afrikaans, klik
  • In Arabic, chic chic ??? ???
  • In Batak, ceklek
  • In Bulgarian, ???? (shtrak)
  • In Catalan, cx, cx or txic
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, k? ch???
  • In Croatian, klik
  • In Czech, cvak
  • In Danish, klik
  • In Dutch, klik
  • In English, click
  • In Estonian klõps, plõks
  • In Finnish, klik
  • In French, clic
  • In German, klick
  • In Hebrew, chik ??'??
  • In Hungarian, klikk
  • In Italian, clic
  • In Indonesian, klik
  • In Japanese, pasha ???
  • In Korean, chalkak ??
  • In Kyrgyz, ????
  • In Latvian, klik klik
  • In Malay, cekek cekek
  • In Polish, pstryk, klik klik
  • In Portuguese, clic clic
  • In Romanian, clic
  • In Russian, shchyolk ????, chik ???
  • In Spanish, clic
  • In Swedish, klick
  • In Tagalog, klik
  • In Thai, ??? (chae)
  • In Turkish, klik, ?lak
  • In Uropi, klik
  • In Vietnamese, lách cách

Car engine revving

  • In Afrikaans, wroem, broem
  • In Arabic, hunn hunn ?? ????, aan aan ?? ??
  • In Batak, ngong, ngooongngng
  • In Bulgarian, bram-bram ????-????
  • In Catalan, rum, rumm
  • In Croatian, brum brum, vrum vrum
  • In Czech, brmmm brmmm
  • In Danish, vrum vrum, brum brum, nøn nøn
  • In Dutch, broem, vroem
  • In English, vroom vroom, broom broom
  • In Estonian, põrr põrr
  • In Finnish, vruum vruum, bruum bruum, prööm prööm (spoken)
  • In French, vroum vroum
  • In German, brumm brumm, wrumm wrumm
  • In Hebrew, aan aan ???? ????
  • In Hungarian, brum brumm
  • In Italian, brum brum
  • In Japanese, buroro ???
  • In Korean, bureung bureung ????
  • In Malay, ngeng ngeng, brum brum, vrum vrum, preng preng, ngii ngii
  • In Polish, brummm... brummmm...
  • In Portuguese, vruum vruum
  • In Romanian, vrum vrum
  • In Russian, rrr ppp ru ru ?? ?? rum rum ??? ???
  • In Spanish, 'rue fun
  • In Swedish, brum
  • In Telugu, raeyyyyyyy
  • In Thai, ????? ? (bruen bruen)
  • In Turkish, vrum vrum (truck), vr?n vr?n (car)
  • In Vietnamese, b? r?m

Car horn honking

  • In Afrikaans, toet
  • In Arabic, beeb beep, ???-??? ?i?-?i?
  • In Batak, tot, tooot
  • In Bulgarian, bi-biip ??-????
  • In Catalan, pipip, mec mec, moc moc
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, ba ba ??
  • In Croatian, tu tu, bi bip
  • In Czech, t? t?
  • In Danish, dyt dyt, båt båt
  • In Dutch, toet toet
  • In English, honk honk, beep beep, toot toot
  • In Estonian, tuut tuut, piip piip
  • In Finnish, tööt tööt
  • In French, tut-tut
  • In German, tut
  • In Greek, bip bip, ???? ????
  • In Hebrew, bip bip ?????????????
  • In Hungarian, tü-t?, tü-t?t
  • In Indonesian, din din
  • In Italian, bip bip
  • In Japanese, pu p? ???
  • In Korean, ppang ppang ??
  • In Latvian, p? p?
  • In Lithuanian, pyp pyp
  • In Malay, pon pon, pot pot, ,pet pet, pin pin (toy car)
  • In Marathi, paa-paa ??-??
  • In Norwegian, bært bært
  • In Polish, bib-biiib
  • In Portuguese, bi-bi or fon-fon
  • In Romanian, tiiit! ti-ti!
  • In Russian, bi-bi ??-??, bi-bip ??-???
  • In Spanish, pi pi, pip pip
  • In Swedish, tut tut
  • In Tagalog, bip bip
  • In Telugu, poy ppoy
  • In Thai, ???? ? (pin pin)
  • In Turkish, düt düt, bip bip, dat dat
  • In Uropi, tut
  • In Vietnamese, bim bim, pim pim

Clock ticking

  • In Afrikaans, tik-tok
  • In Batak, tik-tak, tik-tak
  • In Bengali, tik tik
  • In Bulgarian, tic tac ??? ???
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, d? d? ??
  • In Croatian, tik tak
  • In Czech, tik ?ak
  • In Danish, tik tak
  • In Dutch, tik tak
  • In English, tick tock
  • In Estonian, tikk takk
  • In Finnish, tik tak
  • In French, tic tac
  • In German, tick tack
  • In Greek, tic tac ??? ???
  • In Hebrew, tiq taq ??????????
  • In Hindi, tic tic
  • In Hungarian, tik tak
  • In Indonesian, tik tok
  • In Italian, tic tac
  • In Japanese, ???? (chikutaku), ???? (kachi kachi)
  • In Korean ttok-ttak ttok-ttak ????
  • In Latvian, tik tak
  • In Lithuanian, tik tak
  • In Macedonian, tic tac ??? ???
  • In Malay, tik tok
  • In Marathi, tik-tik ???-???
  • In Nepali, clit caqq
  • In Norwegian tikk takk
  • In Polish, tik tak
  • In Portuguese, tique-taque
  • In Romanian, tic tac
  • In Russian, tic-tac ???-???
  • In Slovene, tik tak
  • In Spanish, tic tac
  • In Swedish, tick tack
  • In Tagalog, tik tak tik tak
  • In Tamil, tik tik
  • In Thai, ???????? (tiktok)
  • In Turkish, tik tak
  • In Vietnamese, tích t?c
  • In Volapük, tiktö

Doorbell ringing

  • In Afrikaans, trieng
  • In Croatian, din don
  • In Danish, ding ding, ring ring
  • In Dutch, tring tring
  • In English, ding-dong, bing-bong
  • In French, ding-dong
  • In German, klingeling
  • In Hungarian, csing-ring
  • In Italian, din don
  • In Japanese, ????? (pinp?n)
  • In Malay, ding dong, ting tong
  • In Marathi, ting-tong ????-????
  • In Polish, dzy?-dzy?
  • In Portuguese, ding dong
  • In Romanian, ?âr ?âr
  • In Russian, din-don ???-???
  • In Swedish, ding dong, pling plong
  • In Tagalog, ding dong
  • In Thai, ???????? (ting tong), ????????? (ting nong),
  • In Italian, din don

Keyboard striking

  • In Batak, tik tik
  • In Bulgarian, trak-trak ????-????
  • In Catalan txiquiti-txiquiti, txic txic.
  • In Czech, klik, ?uk ?uk
  • In Danish: klik klik
  • In Dutch: tik tik
  • In English: click click, click clack, taka taka
  • In Estonian klõp klõp klõp
  • In Finnish: klik klik, klik klak, naks, naputinap
  • In French: clic clic
  • In German: klack klack klack (typewriter), tipp tipp tipp (computer)
  • In Hebrew, klik klik, ?????????????
  • In Italian, clic clic, tip tap
  • In Japanese, kata kata ????
  • In Latvian, klik?, klab klab
  • In Malay, tek tek tek tek
  • In Polish, klik klik
  • In Russian, klatz-klatz ????-????
  • In Swedish, knapp knapp, klick klick
  • In Tagalog, chu ku chu ku chuk
  • In Thai, ???????? (kokkaek)
  • In Turkish, t?k? t?k? t?k?, t?k?r t?k?r
  • In Vietnamese, l?ch c?ch

Match striking

  • In Bengali, phash
  • In Russian, chirk ????
  • In English, fwoosh

Telephone ringing

  • In Afrikaans, trieng trieng
  • In Arabic, terren terren ????? ?????
  • In Batak, riiing, riiing...
  • In Bengali, kring, kring
  • In Bulgarian, zan zan ??? ???
  • In Catalan, ring, ring
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, ling ling ling
  • In Croatian, drin drin
  • In Czech, crrrrr
  • In Danish, ring ring, dingeling
  • In Dutch, tring tring
  • In English, ring ring, brrring brrring, ringaling
  • In Estonian tirr tirr tirr
  • In Finnish, ring ring
  • In French, dring dring[1]
  • In German, klingeling, klingelingeling
  • In Hungarian, csing ling
  • In Indonesian, kring kring
  • In Italian, drin drin
  • In Japanese, jiriririri(n) ?????(?)
  • In Kazakh, shyryl-shyryl ????? ?????
  • In Korean, ttareureung ttareureung ??? ???
  • In Kyrgyz, ????
  • In Latvian, dzin dzin
  • In Lithuanian, dzin dzin, dzin dzilin
  • In Malay, kring kring, trut trut (berdering)
  • In Polish, dry? dry?
  • In Portuguese, trimm
  • In Romanian, ?âr-?âr
  • In Russian, dzyn'-dzyn' ?????-?????
  • In Spanish, rin rin
  • In Swedish, ring ring
  • In Tagalog, kring kring
  • In Thai, kring kring ????? ?????
  • In Turkish, z?r z?r
  • In Vietnamese, reng

Siren wailing

  • In Afrikaans, pie-pô
  • In Arabic, wee-wee
  • In Bengali, pay puu
  • In Bosnian, ni-na ni-na ni-na
  • In Bulgarian, tii-nu-nii-nu ???-??-???-??
  • In Catalan, ninu ni, ni no ni no
  • In Croatian, ninu ninu, tinu ninu
  • In Danish, ba bu
  • In Dutch, Taatuutaatuu
  • In English Nee naw, wee-woo, waow-waow (police), awooga (klaxon),
  • In Estonian, Viiu, viiu,
  • In Filipino, wang wang wang
  • In Finnish, Pii paa, Viiuu viiuu viiuu
  • In French, Pin Pon
  • In German, Tatütata
  • In Greek, eeuu eeuu ???-???
  • In Hungarian, nínó, nénó
  • In Italian, nino nino
  • In Japanese, ???????? (p?p? p?p?)
  • In Korean, ppippo ppippo ?? ??
  • In Latvian, ?-?
  • In Macedonian, piu uiu ??? ???
  • In Malay, nino nino, iyo iyo
  • In Minions, mi naw mi naw
  • In Norwegian, Bæ bu bæ bu
  • In Polish, ioioioio
  • In Portuguese, uooooo /uóóóóó/, uiu uiu uiu, tinóni
  • In Romanian, ni no ni no
  • In Russian, wiu-wiu ???-??? or ???-???
  • In Slovene, uiuiui
  • In Spanish Wiu Wiu, nino-nino
  • In Tamil, aaaaaeeen-neeeeen
  • In Thai, ?????? ?????? (pipo pipo), ??????? ??????? (wiwo wiwo)
  • In Turkish, Daa dii
  • In Vietnamese, ò e í e

Train whistling

  • In Afrikaans, toe-toe
  • In Arabic, toot-toot
  • In Bulgarian, ??-???? (tu-tuuu)
  • In Catalan, tu tu, tu tuut
  • In Chinese, Cantonese, ??
  • In Croatian, ?u ?u
  • In Czech, h???
  • In Danish, fut fut
  • In Dutch, tuutuut
  • In English, choo, choo, woo woo
  • In Estonian, tuut tuut
  • In French, tchou tchou
  • In Finnish, tuut tuut
  • In Hebrew, tu-tu ???????
  • In Hungarian, si-hu-hu-hu
  • In Indonesian, tuuut, tuuut
  • In Italian, ciuf ciuf
  • In Japanese, shuppo shuppo ????????
  • In Kazakh, ??-?????
  • In Korean, chik chik pok pok ????
  • In Latvian, t? t?
  • In Lithuanian, t? t?
  • In Marathi, choo-choo ??-???
  • In Polish, tu-tuuu
  • In Portuguese, piuí
  • In Romanian, u! uuu!
  • In Russian, tu-tuu ??-???, tu-duu ??-???
  • In Spanish, chu chu
  • In Swedish, tuut-tuut
  • In Tagalog, hup
  • In Telugu, koo chuk chuk
  • In Thai, ???? ???? (pun pun)
  • In Turkish, çuv çuv

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Physical and natural phenomena

Electric flowing (buzzing)

  • In Afrikaans, zoei
  • In English, bzzz buzz
  • In Hebrew, bzzz ??????, tzzz ??????
  • In Japanese, biri biri ????
  • In Korean, jjirit jjirit ????
  • In Latvian, bzz, zumm
  • In Polish, bzzzz...
  • In Romanian, bâz bzzz
  • In Swedish, bzzz
  • In Thai, ??? (tued)

Electric shock

  • In English, zap
  • In Filipino, tssst
  • In Finnish, tsäp
  • In French, zap
  • In German, zapp
  • In Japanese, biri ???, bachi ???
  • In Polish, bzzt

Fire

  • In Afrikaans, knetter
  • In Dutch, knetter
  • In English, crackle crackle
  • In German, knister knister
  • In Hungarian, rip-rop
  • In Japanese, Pachi pachi ????
  • In Polish, trzask
  • In Swedish, knaster knaster
  • In Thai, ????? (prueb), ????? ????? (prueb prub)

Lightning

  • In Batak, huist
  • In English, crack, kaboom, ka-chow
  • In German, zack
  • In Hebrew, ?????? b'raq
  • In Korean, beonjjeok ??
  • In Marathi, kadaad ????
  • In Thai, ??????? (priang)

Steam hissing

  • In Afrikaans, sis
  • In Arabic, fssss
  • In Batak, ssssss
  • In English, psss
  • In German, zisch
  • In Hebrew, psss ??????
  • In Japanese, push? ????
  • In Romanian, fâs, fsssss
  • In Russian, psssh ????
  • In Swedish, pssst
  • In Tagalog, sssss
  • In Thai, ??? (fuu)

Thunder

  • In Batak, rapak, maturapak, dugu-dugu-dugu
  • In Bengali, kar kar, gur gur
  • In English, roll, rumble,boom
  • In Finnish, jyrin, jylin
  • In German, groll, grummel
  • In Hungarian, dörr
  • In Japanese, goro goro ????
  • In Marathi, gad-gad ???-???
  • In Polish, grzmot
  • In Romanian, bum
  • In Russian, babakh ?????, tararakh ???????, trakh-tararakh ????-???????
  • In Swedish, muller
  • In Tagalog, boom
  • In Thai, ???? ???? (kruen kruen)

Water dripping

  • In Afrikaans, drip
  • In Arabic, tik tik or tok tok
  • In Bengali: ??? ??? ?up ?up ??? ??? ?hip ?hip
  • In Bulgarian, cap-cap ???-???
  • In Chinese, Cantonese, dihk-dihk ??
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, d? dá ??
  • In Catalan, plip plip
  • In Croatian, kap kap
  • In Czech, kap
  • In Danish, dryp dryp (dryppe is the verbal), plop plop
  • In Dutch, drup drup, drip, drop
  • In English, drip drop, plink plonk
  • In Estonian, tilks tilks
  • In Finnish, tip tip
  • In French, plic plic/ploc
  • In German, plitsch, platsch, tropf
  • In Greek, plits plits ????? ?????, splats splats ?????? ??????
  • In Hebrew, tif taf ????????
  • In Hindi, tipak, tipak
  • In Hungarian, csöp-csöp, csip-csöp (csöpp or csepp is also the word for "drop")
  • In Indonesian, tik tik
  • In Italian, plin plin
  • In Japanese, ???? (potsu potsu), pota pota ????
  • In Korean, ttokttok ??, ttuk-ttuk ??
  • In Latvian, pik pik, pak pak, pak? pak?
  • In Lithuanian, krapt krapt, krap krap
  • In Macedonian, cap cap ??? ???
  • In Marathi, tap-tap ??-??
  • In Persian, ?ek ?ek, '?ak ?ak
  • In Polish, kap kap (kapa? is the verb)
  • In Portuguese, plim plim, plic plic
  • In Romanian, pic pic
  • In Russian, kap kap ???-???
  • In Spanish, ploc ploc, pluip pluip
  • In Swedish, dripp dropp
  • In Tagalog, tuk tuk tuk
  • In Tamil, sottu-sottu
  • In Telugu, tup tup
  • In Thai, ???? ? (ting ting), ???? ? (mae mae)
  • In Turkish, ??p ??p
  • In Uropi, plok
  • In Vietnamese, t?ng t?ng, to?ng to?ng, tí tách

White water

  • In Batak, soook

Wind blowing or waves flowing

  • In Bengali, ??? bhõ, ?? ?? shôn shôn, ??? ??? jhir jhir
  • In Bulgarian, fiiuu ?????
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, fuuu
  • In Croatian, fiju
  • In Czech, fíííí
  • In Dutch, woesh, woesj
  • In English, whoo, whoosh, swish, rustle, whine, whizz, whistle, wheeze, howl, zoom, sigh, sough, surf
  • In Finnish, viuuh
  • In French, frou-frou, vromb, murmur, hurl
  • In German, huiiih, wutsch, saus, rausch, wein, schwirr, heul, zoom, surr, seufz
  • In Greek, fru fru ???? ????, sfýrigh ??????, url ????, sýrigh ?????, thýr ???
  • In Hindi, sarr sarr, saayein saayein
  • In Hungarian, hiss-huss, huss
  • In Italian, fiuu, fisch, mormor, url, sussurr
  • In Japanese, byuu byuu, pyuu pyuu, zawa zawa, soyo soyo
  • In Korean, wing-wing ??
  • In Lithuanian, ???
  • In Macedonian, fuuuu fuuuu ????? ?????
  • In Persian, moj, ???
  • In Polish, szszszsz, huuuuuu
  • In Portuguese, Vuuuush
  • In Romanian, vâj
  • In Russian, uu-u ??-?
  • In Spanish, fuuuu fuuuu, fgrrrr frgrrrr, aul, zumb, susurr
  • In Swedish, svisch
  • In Tagalog, fuuuu fuuuu
  • In Tamil, shhhhhhhhhh
  • In Telugu, shhhhhhh
  • In Thai, ???? ???? (wio wio), ???? ???? (fio fio)
  • In Turkish, vuuuu vuuuu
  • In Vietnamese, vi vu, vù vù; rì rào, xào x?c (rustling)

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Others

Jingling

  • In Afrikaans, klingel, klingeling
  • In Arabic, ???? (khashkhash)
  • In Armenian zar zank ??? ????
  • In Bengali, rini-jhini
  • In Chinese, Cantonese, dìuh-díu fihng ??? (? means "hang")
  • In Chinese, Mandarin, d?ng líng ??, d?ng d?ng ??
  • In Batak, giring, giring
  • In Bulgarian, ljush-bash ???-???, ding-dong ????-????
  • In Croatian, ding dong
  • In Czech, cinky-cink
  • In Dutch, tingeling
  • In English, clink clank, dingle dangle, jingle jangle
  • In Estonian kill-kõll, kilks-kõlks, kilin-kõlin
  • In Finnish, kilin, helin
  • In French, ding-dong
  • In German, klingeling
  • In Hebrew, ding-dong ?????????????
  • In Hungarian, csing-ling, bim-bam, giling-galang
  • In Japanese, ?????? (chirin chirin), ??? (ch?n)
  • In Korean, dallang dallang ???? ttallang ttallang ???? jjallang jjallang ????
  • In Latvian, dzin dzin
  • In Macedonian, dang, ding, dong ????, ????, ????
  • In Malay, ding dong, kring kring
  • In Polish, dzy?-dzy?
  • In Romanian, ding-dong
  • In Russian, din'-don ????-??? dzìnj-dzìnj ?????-?????
  • In Swedish, dingelidång kling klang
  • In Tagalog, klang klang
  • In Tamil, sil-sila silu-sila
  • In Thai, ????? (kreng), ?????????? (krung kring)
  • In Turkish, çang?r çungur, ?ang?r ?ungur

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References

Arabic words

Chinese words

Danish words

English words

French words

German words

Greek words

Hebrew words

Italian words

Japanese words

Marathi words

Portuguese words

Spanish words

Ukrainian words

Urdu words


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External links

  • Written Sound, an online onomatopoeia dictionary
  • Cross-linguistics onomatopoeia at WikIdioms (Archived)
  • Derek Abbott's, Animal Noises
  • Portal for the Greek language and language education, onomatopoeic words in Modern Greek

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