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Bark, sound of a dog. Bleat, sound of a sheep. Buzz, sound of bees or insects flying. Chirp, bird call. Chirp, sound made by rubbing together feet or other body parts, e.g. by a cricket or a cicada. Gobble, a turkey call. Growl, low, guttural vocalization produced by predatory animals. Hiss, sound made by a snake.
Blend word. In linguistics, a blend —also known as a blend word, lexical blend, or portmanteau [a] —is a word formed, usually intentionally, by combining the sounds and meanings of two or more words. [2] [3] [4] English examples include smog, coined by blending smoke and fog, [3] [5] as well as motel, from motor ( motorist) and hotel. [6]
This is a list of British English words that have different American English spellings, for example, colour (British English) and color (American English). Word pairs are listed with the British English version first, in italics, followed by the American English version: spelt, spelled; Derived words often, but not always, follow their root.
Onomatopoeia (or rarely echoism) [1] is a type of word, or the process of creating a word, that phonetically imitates, resembles, or suggests the sound that it describes. Common onomatopoeias include animal noises such as oink, meow, roar, and chirp. Onomatopoeia can differ by language: it conforms to some extent to the broader linguistic system.
This deserves an example. My opponent plays the word "bot." I notice that I have an A to use, so I decide to steal the opponent's word and create the word "boat."
A heteronym is a homograph that is not a homophone, a word that has a different pronunciation and meaning from another word with the same spelling. Heteronym pronunciation may vary in vowel realisation, in stress pattern, or in other ways. "Heterophone" literally just means "different sound", and this term is sometimes applied to words that are ...
These are the lists of colors ; List of colors: A–F. List of colors: G–M. List of colors: N–Z. List of colors (alphabetical) List of colors by shade. List of color palettes. List of Crayola crayon colors. List of RAL colours.
Sound symbolism. In linguistics, sound symbolism is the perceptual similarity between speech sounds and concept meanings. It is a form of linguistic iconicity. For example, the English word ding may sound similar to the actual sound of a bell. Linguistic sound may be perceived as similar to not only sounds, but also to other sensory properties ...