echoic

e·cho·ic

having the nature of an echo
imitative in sound; onomatopoeic: a term used, as in the etymologies of this dictionary, to indicate that a word, as tinkle, is formed in approximate imitation of some sound

Origin of echoic

echo + -ic

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echoic

adjective

Of or resembling an echo.
Imitative of natural sounds; onomatopoeic: an echoic word.

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Adjective

(comparative more echoic, superlative most echoic)

Of or pertaining to an echo
imitative of a sound; onomatopoeic.

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Variant of Pumpe is Plumpe, which is generally taken as being an echoic word, imitating the sound of the plunger, but the primary notion seems to be that of a pipe or tube.

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