Onomatopoeia

The Onomatopoeia Dictionary is based on the Latin, Roman, and Germanic Anglicized vernacular ways of speaking. We believe that the dictionary is an opportunity to suggest a global language of sound, from the family of sound lovers and sound utilitarians who work with sound and are passionate about their language.

In photography, we have the wonderful crossover term from Japanese, "Bokeh," which relates to the light shapes and bubbles behind and out of focus.
At The Noise Ratio, we consider ourselves part of a global design family and would like to invite those interested in Onomatopoeic language variations to contribute. Sound knows no difference between nations or languages. Many of us have experienced sound descriptions for dogs and ducks, ranging from "Woof" to "Vovv" to "Wuuuf" and "Knarf," etc.

Please see the box below the description and feel free to add (in the spirit of Wikipedia) your native language version. Then, use the dropdown and country flag to highlight the variant origins, as we are all keen to learn from each other.

"SNAP" — the sound of my fingers slapping together in completion of this paragraph.