Using words that imitate the sound they denote.

Roget 560: language; phraseology etc. 569; speech etc. 582; tongue, lingo, vernacular; mother tongue, vulgar tongue, native tongue; household words; King's English, Queen's English; dialect etc. 563.    confusion of tongues, Babel, pasigraphie^†; pantomime etc. (signs) 550; onomatopoeia; betacism^†, mimmation, myatism^†, nunnation^†; pasigraphy^†.    lexicology, philology, glossology^†, glottology^†; linguistics, chrestomathy^†; paleology^†, paleography; comparative grammar.    literature, letters, polite literature, belles lettres [Fr.], muses, humanities, literae humaniores [Lat.], republic of letters, dead languages, classics; genius of language; scholarship etc. (scholar) 492.    ... show more

Roget 564: nomenclature; naming etc. v.; nuncupation^†, nomination, baptism; orismology^†; onomatopoeia; antonomasia^†.    name; appelation^†, appelative^†; designation, title; heading, rubric; caption; denomination; by-name, epithet.    style, proper name; praenomen [Lat.], agnomen^†, cognomen; patronymic, surname; cognomination^†; eponym; compellation^†, description, antonym; empty title, empty name; handle to one's name; namesake.    term, expression, noun; byword; convertible terms etc. 522; technical term; cant etc. 563.    ... show more

Dutch: klanknabootsing, onomatopee
Polish: wyraz dźwiękonaśladowczy, onomatopeja, dźwiękonaśladownictwo