echoic
Imitating natural sounds
Echoic describes sounds that imitate what they represent—words like *buzz*, *hiss*, *splash*, and *murmur*.
Linguists use echoic as a synonym for onomatopoeic.
More broadly, echoic means resembling or producing an echo: The cathedral's echoic chambers amplified every whisper.
Continuous low drone
- humLow steady sound
- chirpShort, high avian sound
- clangLoud metallic sound
- splashLiquid scattering on impact
thud · bang · sizzle · crackle · roar · click · snap · whirr
Amplified oscillation at natural frequency
- reverberationProlonged reflected sound
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
- frequencyRate of recurrence
- amplitudeMaximum oscillation displacement
waveform · sonic · auditory · timbre · pitch · acoustics · harmonics · decibel
buzz
Continuous low drone
splash · thud · bang · sizzle · crackle · roar · click · snap · whirr · rustle
resonance
Amplified oscillation at natural frequency
- reverberationProlonged reflected sound
- vibrationRapid oscillating movement
- frequencyRate of recurrence
amplitude · waveform · sonic · auditory · timbre · pitch · acoustics · harmonics · decibel · damping
intonation
Pitch variation in speech
- inflectionWord form alteration
- cadenceRhythmic pulse or pattern
- prosodyStudy of verse rhythm
stress · accent · tone · pitch · vocalize · enunciate · articulate · utterance · emphasis · modulation
phoneme
Minimal distinctive sound unit
- allophoneNon-distinctive sound variation
- diphthongComplex vowel gliding between positions
- vowelUnobstructed speech sound
consonant · syllable · phonology · morpheme · grapheme · segmental · digraph · voiced · unvoiced · plosive
echoicarbitrary
Based on personal whim
conventional · symbolic · unmotivated · abstract · opaque
- echo chamberSelf-reinforcing information environment
- Echo ParkLos Angeles lakeside neighborhood
- Amazon EchoVoice-controlled smart speaker
- echo locationNavigation by reflected sound
- Echo DotAmazon voice assistant device
- echo effectRepeated sound from reflection