Certain words in the
English language
English is a West Germanic language that developed in early medieval England and has since become a English as a lingua franca, global lingua franca. The namesake of the language is the Angles (tribe), Angles, one of the Germanic peoples th ...
represent animal sounds: the noises and
vocalizations of particular animals, especially noises used by
animals for communication. The words can be used as
verb
A verb is a word that generally conveys an action (''bring'', ''read'', ''walk'', ''run'', ''learn''), an occurrence (''happen'', ''become''), or a state of being (''be'', ''exist'', ''stand''). In the usual description of English, the basic f ...
s or
interjections in addition to
noun
In grammar, a noun is a word that represents a concrete or abstract thing, like living creatures, places, actions, qualities, states of existence, and ideas. A noun may serve as an Object (grammar), object or Subject (grammar), subject within a p ...
s, and many of them are also specifically
onomatopoeic.
List of animal sounds
See also
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Animal communication
Animal communication is the transfer of information from one or a group of animals (sender or senders) to one or more other animals (receiver or receivers) that affects the current or future behavior of the receivers. Information may be sent int ...
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Animal epithet
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Animal language
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Bioacoustics
Bioacoustics is a cross-disciplinary science that combines biology and acoustics. Usually it refers to the investigation of sound production, dispersion and reception in animals (including humans). This involves neurophysiology, neurophysiological ...
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Cat organ &
piganino
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Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias
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Field recording
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List of animal names
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List of onomatopoeias
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Old MacDonald Had a Farm"
* "
The Fox (What Does the Fox Say?)"
References
External links
List of animal sounds to download, listen and use for free.Derek Abbott, University of Adelaide
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Linguistics lists
Zoosemiotics
Sound-related lists