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onomatopaico

Portuguese, adjective/o.no.ma.toˈpaj.ku/

onomatopaico is a Portuguese adjective meaning “onomatopoeic (of, relating to or being an onomatopoeia)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “relativo a ou caracterizado por onomatopeia”.

What does onomatopaico mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    onomatopoeic (of, relating to or being an onomatopoeia)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. relativo a ou caracterizado por onomatopeia 2. diz-se de palavra formada pela combinação de uma onomatopeia com morfemas nominais ou verbais de uma língua, como, p.ex., zumbido, zumbir (da onomatopeia zum-zum)

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of onomatopaico

  • onomatopaica feminine
  • onomatopaicos masculine plural
  • onomatopaicas feminine plural
  • onomatopeico alternative
  • onomatópico alternative

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce onomatopaico?

  • Brazil /o.no.ma.toˈpaj.ku/
  • Brazil [o.no.ma.toˈpaɪ̯.ku]
  • Portugal /ɔ.nu.mɐ.tuˈpaj.ku/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to onomatopaico

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.