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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 14 January 2025. This is a list of onomatopoeias, i.e. words that imitate, resemble, or suggest the source of the sound that they describe. For more information, see the linked articles. Human vocal sounds Achoo, Atishoo, the sound of a sneeze Ahem, a sound made to clear the throat or to draw attention ...
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pram – from Czech prám, a flatbottomed boat, through Dutch praam and Middle Dutch praem [1] robot – from Czech robot (machine resembling a human being), introduced in Karel Čapek's play R.U.R. from the 1920s. Semtex – a plastic explosive named after Semtín, part of the city of Pardubice, Czech Republic, location of its manufacturer.
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 in English include animal noises such as oink, meow, roar, and chirp.
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Phonetic notes: [1] Sibilants /ʃ ʒ t͡ʃ d͡ʒ/ are laminal post-alveolars (usually not considered retroflex). [2] The approximant /l/ is mainly pronounced apico-alveolar, although a velarized pronunciation without a firm tongue tip contact is not unusual. Both /r/ and /r̝/ are trills though commonly realized with a single contact.
There are more forms of the Czech language used in Moravia than in the rest of the Czech Republic. The main four groups of dialects are the Bohemian-Moravian group, the Central Moravian group, the Eastern Moravian group and the Lach (Silesian) group (which is also spoken in Czech Silesia). [2] While the forms are generally viewed as regional ...
Ř is a letter in the Upper Sorbian alphabet.In the Upper Sorbian language it denotes the voiceless postalveolar fricative [ʃ]. [5] The letter only occurs after p, t, and k; [5] it originates from older r that had been devoiced by those sounds by the early 9th century, and became a sibilant in the following centuries. [6]