Cross-linguistic onomatopoeias

Because of the nature of onomatopoeia, there are many words which show a similar pronunciation in the languages of the world. The following is a list of some conventional examples:

Animal sounds

Mammal sounds

Cats and dogs

Language	Cat meowing	Dog barking	Dog or wolf howling
Afrikaans	miaau	Small dogs woef & large dogs boef	Ba-hoe
Albanian	mjau-mjau	ham ham, hum-hum, gam-gam, uof-uof	huu, auu
Arabic	مُواَء مياو	نباح,,	عواء
Armenian	միաւ	հաւ հաւ
Basque	mau	au-au, txau-txau, zaunk-zaunk	ulu-ulu
Batak	ngeong	kung-kung	auuung
Bengali	মিউ মিউ	ঘেউ ঘেউ, ভেউ ভেউ, ভউ ভউ
Bulgarian	мяу	бау бау, джаф джаф	аууу
Catalan	marramèu, mèu, marramau, mau	bup-bup, bub-bub	auu, ahú
Chinese, Cantonese	喵喵	㕵㕵
Chinese, Mandarin	喵	汪汪
Croatian	mijau; mrnjau	vau vau	auuuuu
Czech	mňau	haf haf	auuuuu
Danish	mjau, mjav, miau, miav	vuf vuf, vov vov, bjæf bjæf
Dutch	miauw, mauw	waf waf, woef woef
Egyptian
English	miaow, meow	woof, arf, bow wow, ruff, bark, yap yap, yip yip	awoo, aroo
Estonian	mäu, mjäu, näu, njau, kurnjau	auh auh
Filipino	meyaw, miyaw, ngiyaw	aw aw
Finnish	miau, mau, nau, kurnau, purnau	hau hau, vuh vuh	auuu, vouuu
French	miaou	ouah ouah, ouaf ouaf, wouf wouf	aoouu
Galician		jau jau
German	miau	wau wau, waff waff, wuff wuff
Greek	νιάου	γαβ γαβ	αουυυ
Hebrew	מְיָאוּ	הַב־הַב, הַאוּ־הַאוּ	אַאוווּ
Hindi	,	भो भो
Hungarian	miaú, nyau	vau vau
Icelandic	mjá	voff voff
Indonesian	meong	guk guk	auuu
Italian	miao, miau, mao	bau bau	auuu
Japanese	ニャー	ワンワン, アウアウ	ワオーン, アオーン
Kannada
Kazakh	мияу-мияу	арп-арп, шәу-шәу	ұұұ
Korean	야옹	멍멍	아우우우
Latgalian	ņau ņau	vau vau
Latvian	mjau, ņau	vau
Lithuanian	miau	au au	aūūū
Macedonian	мјау	ав ав, џав џав
Malayalam	ങ്യാവൂ ങ്യാവൂ	ബൌ ബൌ
Malay	اياو
Marathi	म्यांव	भो-भो	कुई
Nepali	म्याउँ	भौ-भौ
Norwegian	mjau	voff voff, vov vov
Persian	میومیو	واق واق, هاف هاف
Polish	miau, miauk, mru, mrrr	hau hau	ałuuu, a-uuu
Portuguese	miau	au au, ão ão, béu béu	auuu
Romanian	miau	ham ham	auuu
Russian	мяу, мур	гав-гав, тяф-тяф	у-у-у
Serbian	мњау	ав ав	ауууу
Sinhalese	ඤාවු	බුඃ බුඃ
Slovak	mňau	hav-hav, hau-hau, haf-haf
Slovene	mijav	hov hov	auuu
Spanish	miau	guau guau	auuu
Swedish	mjau, mjao, jam	vov vov, voff voff
Tamil	மியா	லொள் லொள்,,
Telugu		bau bau
Thai	เมี้ยว, แง้ว	โฮ่ง ๆ, บ๊อก ๆ	โบร๋ว์
Turkish	miyav	hav hav	auuu
Ukrainian	няв	гав
Urdu	meow
Uropi	miaw	waw waw
Vietnamese	meo	gâu gâu, sủa sủa
Volapük	miov
Welsh	miaw

Collisions, bursts, and strikes

Balloon or bubble bursting

In Albanian, pau, puf
In Arabic, pakh, poof
In Batak, tak
In Bemba, pobo
In Bengali, phat, phatash
In Bulgarian, puc пук, pa па
In Croatian, puk
In Czech, puf
In Danish, bang, knald
In Dutch, pang, pof, paf, poef
In English, pop, bang
In Estonian, pops
In Finnish, poks, pof, pam
In French, bang, pop
In German, bäng, peng, plop
In Greek, bam μπαμ, bum μπουμ
In Hindi, thaa, phatt
In Hungarian, pukk ; durr, bumm, bámm
In Indonesian, dor
In Italian, bum
In Japanese, pan パンッ
In Korean, ppang 빵, ppeong 뻥, pang 팡, peong 펑
In Latvian, bliukš
In Lithuanian, pokšt
In Macedonian, pau пау
In Marathi, Dhum ढुम्
In Navajo, dǫǫn
In Persian, poloq
In Polish, bum, puk, pyk
In Portuguese, pá, bum
In Romanian, poc
In Russian, bakh бах
In Serbian, puk
In Slovene, pok
In Spanish, pop
In Swedish, poff
In Tagalog, putók, pak
In Thai, โป๊ะ, ปั้ง
In Turkish, bom
In Vietnamese, ''bốp, bụp''

Cannon firing; gunshot; machine gun fire

In Afrikaans, kaboem; boem; ra-tat-tat
In Albanian, pum-pum; bau-bau, ta-ta-ta-ta, du-du-du-du
In Arabic, bom; bov, tokh طخ
In Basque, bunba; danba; ta-ta-ta-ta-ta
In Bengali, goom goom
In Bulgarian, bum бум, kh кх, tatatata тататата
In Catalan, buuum, pumba; pam, pum; ratatatatà
In Chinese, Mandarin, pēng 砰; ping, pa 乒, 啪; da da da... 嗒嗒嗒
In Croatian, bum, pam, puf, ratatata
In Czech, bum, prásk, ratatata
In Danish, bang, bum
In Dutch, boem, biem; pang, pauw; ratatata, trrrr
In English, bam, boom, blam, kaboom; bang, pow; rat-at-at-at-at-at, gat-gat-gat-gat, skkrrt skkrrt, dakka-dakka
In Estonian, põmm, kõmm; pauh, karpauh
In Finnish, pum; pam; ra-ta-ta-ta-ta-ta, rä-tä-tä-tä-tä-tä, taka-taka-taka...
In French, boum; pan
In German, bumm, rumms, kawumm; peng, puff, päng; rat-tat-tat-tat
In Greek, cabum, bum μπουμ, bam μπαμ; bam, pan, piu-piu ; trrrrrr
In Hebrew, bum בּוּם
In Hindi, thaa
In Hungarian bumm, dörr; ratata, trrrrr
In Icelandic, búmm; bamm
In Indonesian, dor,
In Italian, bum; bang; pum
In Japanese, バーンバーン, dōn ドーン, bakyūn バキューン
In Kannada, dum, dhaam
In Kazakh, bydyrsch быдырщ
In Korean, ppang 빵, tang 탕
In Latvian, bum
In Lithuanian, bumpt, bum, pokšt
In Macedonian, bum бум; pau пау; ra ta ta ta ра та та та
In Marathi, Dhishkyaon ढिश्क्यँव, dhishum धिशुम
In Persian, bang
In Polish: bach, bam, bum-bum; bang-bang, pif-paf and others; tra ta ta ta ta
In Portuguese, bam, boom, cabum; pá, pum; ratátátá
In Romanian, bum; poc
In Russian, ba-bakh ба-бах; pif-paf пиф-паф; tra-ta-ta тра-та-та
In Sinhalese, ḍisum ඩිසුම්; ḍung ඩුං; ḍaka-ḍaka-ḍaka ඩක-ඩක-ඩක
In Slovene, ratatata, pok
In Spanish, pum; bang; praca
In Swedish, bom; pang, bang
In Tagalog, boom; boogsh
In Tamil, dishum; dumeel
In Telugu, dishyoom
In Thai, ตูม ; ปัง
In Turkish, bom, bam, güm, dıkşınyaa
In Uropi, bam, pang
In Vietnamese, đoàng ; pằng ; ''bùm''

Crash

In Albanian, pum, bau, përrtaf,
In Afrikaans, doef, kadoef
In Arabic, bom, tàkh, tràkh
In Basque: danba, pun, plaust
In Bengali: ṭhash ঠাস, ṭhush ঠুস, dhum ধুম, dham ধাম, daram, dhapash
In Bulgarian, bum бум, dum дум, trjas тряс, pras прас
In Catalan, bumba, catacrac, patam, paf
In Chinese, Mandarin, hong 轰
In Croatian, bum, tres, krašš
In Czech, řach, bum, prásk
In Danish, bum, bump, bang, krasj
In Dutch, boem, knal, plof, bam
In English, boom, bam, wham, slam, bang, crash, clash, pow, thonk, thunk, thud, clang
In Estonian, prõmm, pauh, piraki, karpauh
In Finnish, pam, pum, ryskis, kolin, räiskis, rymmps
In French, bing, bang, boum, bam, vlan
In German, rumms, bumms, bauz, krach, knall
In Gilbertese, beeku
In Greek, bam μπαμ, gcup
In Haitian Creole, bip
In Hebrew, bum בּוּם, trax טְרַאח
In Hindi, dhishumm धिशुम्म, dhishum धिशुम
In Hungarian, dzzs, bumm, bamm, puff, paff, csatt, nyekk
In Indonesian, buk, brekk, j'derr
In Italian, bum, badabeu, patatraf
In Japanese, ガーン
In Korean, kung 쿵
In Kyrgyz, тарс
In Latin, tuxtax
In Latvian, bum
In Lithuanian, bumpt, bum
In Macedonian, bum бум, pam пам, pum пум, dum дум, très трес
In Malay, gedebak-gedebuk, beng
In Marathi, dhadaam धडाम्
In Polish, bach, bam, bum, łu, łup, trach, trzask
In Portuguese, crash, boom
In Romanian, bum, buf, pac, poc, trosc, zbang
In Russian, bum бум
In Sinhalese, daḍas දඩස්
in Slovene, bum, tresk
In Spanish, bum, catapum, crash
In Swedish, krasch
In Tagalog, ka-boom
In Tamil, dhishumm, dhishum
In Thai, โครม
In Turkish, güm, bam, dıkş, çat, pat, zbam
In Vietnamese, ầm, ''rầm''

Door or floor creaking

In Albanian, grr
In Afrikaans, kraak
In Bulgarian, skratz скръц
In Arabic, azeeez أزيـــز
In Catalan, nyieec, nyeeec
In Croatian, škrip
In Czech, vrrzzz, skřííííp
In Danish, knirk
In Dutch, kraak
In English, creak
In Estonian, kriiks, kriuks
In Finnish, kriik, narsk, nari nari nari; nirin, narin, nirsk
In French, crac
In German, knarz
In Hindi, charrr
In Hungarian, nyííí
In Indonesian, krieeet
In Italian, criiic, craaac
In Japanese, gī ギー
In Kazakh, shiiq шииқ
In Korean, ppi-geok 삐걱
In Kyrgyz, кыйч
In Latvian, čīk
In Malay, eeek
In Polish, skrzyp
In Persian, γež-γež غژ غژ
In Romanian, scârț
In Russian, skreep скрип
In Spanish, ñyeec, ñyiic
In Swedish, knarr
In Tagalog, ekk
In Thai, แอ๊ด
In Turkish, gıcır, gıcırt
In Uropi, krak
In Vietnamese, kétttt, ken két, cọt kẹt, ''kẽo kẹt''

Engine back-firing while freewheeling

In Afrikaans, prrr-pa
In Albanian, përr-përr-përr, dum-dum-dum
In Batak, put-put-put, doput-doput
In Italian, rrra-tatatatata...
In Malay, prreng prreng
In Polish, pyr pyr pyr
In Romanian, pâr pâr
In Russian, dìr-dìr-dìr дыр-дыр-дыр
In Spanish, ''tac tac tac''

Knocking

In Albanian, tak-tak, tok-tok, trok-trok
In Arabic, daqqa دَقَّ
In Afrikaans, klop-klop, tok-tok
In Batak, tok-tok-tok
In Bengali, khat khat, takatak, thok thok
In Bosnian, kuc kuc
In Bulgarian, chuc chuc чук чук
In Catalan, toc toc
In Chinese, Mandarin, dang dang dang 当当当
In Croatian, kuc kuc
In Czech, ťuk ťuk
In Danish, bank bank
In Dutch, klop klop
In English, knock knock, bang bang bang
In Finnish, kop kop, tok-tok-tok
In Estonian, kopp kopp
In French, toc toc
In German, klopf klopf
In Greek, τοκ τοκ
In Hebrew, tuq tuq תּוּק־תּוּק
In Hindi, thakk thakk
In Hungarian, kop kop, kip kop
In Icelandic, bank bank
In Indonesian, tok tok
In Italian, toc toc
In Japanese, コツコツ, kon kon コンコン, ton ton トントン
In Korean, ttok ttok 똑똑
In Latvian, tuk tuk
In Lithuanian, tuk tuk
In Malay, tok tok tok
In Marathi, thak-thak ठक्-ठक्
In Persian, taq-taq
In Polish, stuk-stuk, stuk-puk, puk-puk
In Portuguese, toc toc, noque noque, truz truz
In Romanian, cioc-cioc
In Russian, tuk-tuk тук-тук
In Shona, goh-goh-goi
In Slovenian, tok tok
In Spanish, toc toc, tun tun
In Swedish, knack knack
In Tagalog, tok tok tok
In Thai, ก๊อก ๆ ๆ
In Turkish, tak tak
In Vietnamese, cốc cốc, cộc cộc
In Zulu, ''nqo nqo nqo''

Strikes

Language	Dull strike	Falling strike	Sharp strike	Wet strike
Afrikaans	doef	plof	klingel, kletter	plons, plas, spat
Albanian	pum, bam, llau	pum, pëlltaf, përrtaf	tink, ting	plluq, pëlltuq, pllaf
Arabic				بلوف
Bulgarian	туп, хлоп	пльос, шляп	дзън	пльок
Catalan			cling, clang, cataclinc-cataclanc	xap, xof, patatxap
Chinese, Cantonese			乒鈴嘭唥
Chinese, Mandarin			哐啷,, 哐当	啪唧
[Croatian language\|Croatian]	tup	pljas, tres, bum, tup	zvek, zvec	šljap
Czech		žuch	cink	plesk
[Danish language\|Danish]	bump, dunk			plask
Dutch		plof, plop	klink, ring, klingel, rinkel, kletter, tingel	plons
[English language\|English]	knock, bump, rap, thud, boom, thump	plop, splat, thud, thunk, thonk	clang, clink, clank, clunk, chink, dink, tink, plink, ding, ring, ping, ting, jingle, jangle, tinkle, pow, conk	splash, splish, splosh, splat
Estonian				lärts, plärts
Finnish	töks, pöksis, pof	fummmp, tumps, tömps	kilin kolin	loiskis, mäts, pläts, läts, lätsis
[French language\|French]		floc	paf, bim, bam	plouf
[German language\|German]	klopf, plumps, platsch	plumps, patsch, plump	klang, kling, klirr, klimper, klingel, bimmel	patsch, platsch, klatsch, schwapp
[Hebrew language\|Hebrew]			זְבֶּנְג
Hungarian		puff, paff		platty, placcs
Indonesian		bruk, gedebuk	jieb	crot, byur
Italian				plop
[Japanese language\|Japanese]	ドン , ズン	ぽとり	カーン	びちゃっ
Korean	퍽	턱	쨍, 팅	철푸덕, 철퍽
Kyrgyz				чалп
Malay				trushh, shushh, pishh
Persian	bāmp	dāmb	jiring	čolop-čolop, pešenge
Polish	bam, łup, łubudu, łubudubu	dup, lu, łu, łubudu		chlap, chlup, mlask, plask, plum, plumk, plusk
[Portuguese language\|Portuguese]	puf, pluft, pum	ploft, paft, catapluft, pimba		tchibum
Romanian	buf	pleosc, fleoșc	jap, harsht, trosc
Russian	бац	хлоп, шлёп	дзынь, звяк, клац	бултых, плюх
Slovene	bum, pof			špljoc
[Spanish language\|Spanish]	toc	plaf, paf	tintin, tilín	splash, plaf
Swedish	dunk, duns			plask
Tagalog		blag, bug		plok
Tamil				chatak
Thai	ตึง, ตึ้ง	โครม	ติ๊ง, ปิ๊ง	โพล๊ะ, แผละ
Turkish	pof, pot	pat	çang, çing	şap, şop
Uropi				plac
Vietnamese		bịch	keng, beng	bẹp, phọp''

Crunch, сracking (of sticks, bones etc.)

In Afrikaans, Kraak
In Croatian, krc
In Czech, křup
In English, crunch, crash, crack
In Finnish, kräks, krunts, runts, naps, krak, niks, niks naks
In Hindi, kadhak
In Hungarian, reccs
in Polish: chrup, krach, trzask
In Russian, khryas хрясь, khrust хрусть
In Slovenian, škrt
In Turkish, çatır
In Vietnamese, ''rắc''

Machinery

Camera shutter

In Albanian, klik
In Afrikaans, klik
In Arabic, chic chic تشك تشك
In Basque, klisk
In Batak, ceklek
In Bulgarian, щрак
In Catalan, cx, xic, txc or txic
In Chinese, Mandarin, kā chā咔嚓
In Croatian, klik
In Czech, cvak
In Danish, klik
In Dutch, klik
In English, click
In Estonian, klõps, plõks
In Finnish, klik
In French, clic
In German, klick
In Hebrew, chik צִ'יק
In Hungarian, klikk
In Italian, clic
In Indonesian, cepret, cekrek
In Japanese, pasha パシャ
In Korean, chalkak 찰칵
In Kyrgyz, чырк
In Latvian, klik klik
In Malay, cekek cekek
In Nepali, खिचिक्क
In Polish, pstryk, klik klik
In Portuguese, clic clic
In Romanian, clic
In Russian, shchyolk щёлк, chik чик
In Slovenian, klik
In Spanish, clic
In Swedish, klick
In Tagalog, klik
In Thai, แชะ
In Turkish, klik, şlak
In Uropi, klik
In Vietnamese, ''lách cách''

Car engine revving

In Albanian, vum-vum-vum, përr-përr-përr
In Afrikaans, wroem, broem
In Arabic, hunn hunn هن هــن, aan aan آن آن
In Batak, ngong, ngooongngng
In Bulgarian, bram-bram бръм-бръм
In Catalan, rum, rumm
In Croatian, brum brum, vrum vrum
In Czech, brmmm brmmm
In Danish, vrum vrum, brum brum, nøn nøn
In Dutch, broem, vroem
In English, vroom vroom, broom broom
In Estonian, põrr põrr
In Finnish, vruum vruum, bruum bruum, prööm prööm
In French, vroum vroum
In German, brumm brumm, wrumm wrumm
In Hebrew, aan aan אָאן אָאן
In Hungarian, brum brumm
In Indonesian, bremmm bremmm, ngeng ngeng
In Italian, brum brum, vrum vrum
In Japanese, buroro ブロロ
In Korean, bureung bureung 부릉부릉
In Malay, ngeng ngeng, brum brum, vrum vrum, preng preng, ngii ngii
In Polish, brummm brummmm
In Portuguese, vruum vruum
In Romanian, vrum vrum
In Russian, rrr ppp ru ru ру ру rum rum рум рум
In Slovenian, brum brum
In Spanish, rue fun
In Swedish, brum
In Telugu, raeyyyyyyy
In Thai, บรื๊น ๆ
In Turkish, vrum vrum, vrın vrın
In Vietnamese, ''bờ rừm''

Car horn honking

In Albanian, po-po, ty-ty
In Afrikaans, toet, peep-peep
In Arabic, beeb beep, طيط-طيط ''ṭiṭ-ṭiṭ
In Batak, tot, tooot
In Bulgarian, bi-biip би-биип
In Catalan, pipip, mec mec, moc moc
In Chinese, Mandarin, di di 嘀嘀 or 滴滴
In Croatian, tu tu, bi bip
In Czech, tů tů
In Danish, dyt dyt, båt båt
In Dutch, toet toet
In English, honk honk, beep beep, toot toot
In Estonian, tuut tuut, piip piip
In Finnish, tööt tööt, tyyt-tyyt
In French, tut-tut
In German, tut
In Greek, bip bip, μπιπ μπιπ
In Hebrew, bip bip בִּיפּ־בִּיפּ
In Hungarian, tü-tű, tü-tűt
In Icelandic. bíb bíb
In Indonesian, din din
In Italian, bip bip, biii biii
In Japanese, pu pū ププー
In Korean, ppang ppang 빵빵
In Latvian, pī pī
In Lithuanian, pyp pyp
In Malay, pon pon, pot pot,,pet pet, pin pin
In Marathi, paa-paa पँ-पँ
In Norwegian, bært bært
In Polish, bib-biiib, bip bip, trąb
In Portuguese, bi-bi or fon-fon
In Romanian, tiiit! ti-ti!
In Russian, bi-bi би-би, bi-bip би-бип
In Slovenian, bi bip
In Spanish, pi pi, pip pip
In Swedish, tut tut
In Tagalog, bip bip
In Telugu, poy ppoy
In Thai, ปี๊น ๆ
In Turkish, düt düt, bip bip, dat dat
In Uropi, tut
In Vietnamese, bim bim, pim pim''

Clock ticking

In Albanian, tik-tak
In Afrikaans, tik-tok
In Basque, tiki-taka
In Batak, tik-tak, tik-tak
In Bengali, tik tik
In Bulgarian, tic tac тик так
In Catalan, tic-tac
In Chinese, Mandarin, dī dā 嘀嗒
In Croatian, tik tak
In Czech, tik ťak
In Danish, tik tak
In Dutch, tik tak
In English, tick tock
In Estonian, tikk takk
In Finnish, tik tak, tiki-tiki-tiki, dikdok dikdok dikdok
In French, tic tac
In German, tick tack
In Greek, tic tac τικ τακ
In Hebrew, tiq taq תִּיק־תַּק
In Hindi, tic tic
In Hungarian, tik tak
In Icelandic, tik tak
In Indonesian, tik tok
In Italian, tic toc, tic tac
In Japanese, チクタク, カチカチ
In Korean ttok-ttak ttok-ttak 똑딱똑딱
In Latvian, tik tak
In Lithuanian, tik tak
In Macedonian, tic tac тик так
In Malay, tik tok
In Marathi, tik-tik टिक-टिक
In Nepali, clit caqq
In Norwegian tikk takk
In Polish, tik tak, tik tik, tik tok, tyk tyk
In Portuguese, tique-taque, tic toc
In Romanian, tic tac
In Russian, tik-tak тик-так
In Slovene, tik tak
In Spanish, tic tac
In Swedish, tick tack
In Tagalog, tik tak tik tak
In Tamil, tik tik
In Thai, ติ๊กต็อก
In Turkish, tik tak
In Vietnamese, tích tắc
In Volapük, ''tiktö''

Doorbell ringing

In Albanian, tring-tring, ding-dong
In Afrikaans, trieng
In Basque, dilin-dalan
In Catalan, ding-dong, ring-ring, meec...
In Croatian, din don
In Danish, ding ding, ring ring
In Dutch, tring tring
In English, ding-dong, bing-bong
In Finnish, pim pom, blim-blom, ding dong, ring-ring
In French, ding-dong
In German, klingeling
In Hungarian, csing-ling
In Indonesian, ting-tong
In Italian, din don, drin drin
In Japanese, ピンポーン
In Malay, ding dong, ting tong
In Marathi, ting-tong टिंग-टौंग
In Polish, dryń-dryń, dzyń-dzyń
In Portuguese, ding dong
In Romanian, țâr țâr
In Russian, din-don дин-дон
In Slovenian, din don
In Spanish, ding dong
In Swedish, ding dong, pling plong
In Turkish, zır, ding, ding dong
In Tagalog, ding dong
In Thai, ติ๊งต่อง, ติ๊งหน่อง,
In Italian, ''din don''

Keyboard striking

In Albanian, tok-tok-tok, tëk-tëk-tëk
In Batak, tik tik
In Bulgarian, ' трак-трак
In Catalan, txiquiti-txiquiti, txic txic
In Czech, klik, ťuk ťuk
In Danish, klik klik
In Dutch, tik tik
In English, click click, click clack
In Estonian, klõp klõp klõp
In Finnish, klik klik, klik klak, naks, naputinap, tak tak tak, nakuti nakuti, tsäkä-tsäkä-tsäkä
In French, clic clic
In German, klack klack klack, tipp tipp tipp
In Hebrew, ', קְלִיק־קְלִיק
In Italian, clic clic, tip tap
In Japanese, kata kata カタカタ
In Latvian, klikš, klab klab
In Malay, tek tek tek tek
In Polish, klik klik
In Russian, klatz-klatz клац-клац
In Spanish, tac tac tac
In Swedish, knapp knapp, klick klick
In Tagalog, chu ku chu ku chuk
In Thai, ก้อกแก้ก
In Turkish, tıkı tıkı tıkı, tıkır tıkır
In Vietnamese, ''lạch cạch''

Match striking

In Albanian, frrap
In Bengali, phash
In English, fwoosh
In Polish: sss, szszsz
In Russian, chirk чирк

Telephone ringing

In Albanian, tring-tring
In Afrikaans, trieng trieng
In Arabic, تــرن تــرن
In Basque, tirrin-tirrin
In Batak, riiing, riiing...
In Bengali, kring, kring
In Bulgarian, зън зън
In Catalan, ring, ring
In Chinese, Mandarin,
In Croatian, drin drin
In Czech, crrrrr
In Danish, ring ring, dingeling
In Dutch, tring tring
In English, ring ring, brrring brrring, ringaling
In Estonian, tirr tirr tirr
In Finnish, ring ring, päläring päläring
In French, dring dring
In German, klingeling, klingelingeling
In Hungarian, csing ling
In Indonesian, kring kring
In Italian, drin drin
In Japanese,, ジリリリリ
In Kazakh, shyryl-shyryl шырыл шырыл
In Korean, 따르릉 따르릉
In Kyrgyz, чырр
In Latvian, dzin dzin
In Lithuanian, dzin dzin, dzin dzilin
In Malay, kring kring, trut trut
In Polish, dryń dryń
In Portuguese, trimm
In Romanian, ţâr-ţâr
In Russian, дзынь-дзынь
In Slovenian, drin drin
In Spanish, rin rin
In Swedish, ring ring
In Tagalog, kring kring
In Thai, กริ๊ง กริ๊ง
In Turkish, zır zır
In Vietnamese,

Siren wailing

In Albanian, iu-iu-iu, auo-auo
In Afrikaans, pie-pô
In Arabic, wee-wee
In Bengali, pay puu
In Bosnian, ni-na ni-na ni-na, ninu ninu
In Bulgarian, tii-nu-nii-nu нии-ну-нии-ну
In Catalan, ninu ni, ni no ni no
In Croatian, ninu ninu, tinu ninu, viju viju, fiju fiju, tiru liru
In Danish, ba bu
In Dutch, Taatuutaatuu
In English, Nee naw, wee-woo, waow-waow, awooga,
In Estonian, Viiu, viiu,
In Filipino, wang wang wang
In Finnish, pii paa pii paa, viiuu viiuu viiuu, uu-aa uu-aa, tsiri-tsiri-tsiri viu-viu-viu
In French, Pin Pon
In German, Tatütata
In Greek, eeuu eeuu ηου-ηου
In Hungarian, nínó, nénó
In Indonesian, ninu ninu
In Italian, nino nino, ta tu-ta tu
In Japanese, ピーポーピーポー
In Korean, ppippo ppippo 삐뽀 삐뽀
In Latvian, ī-ū
In Macedonian, piu uiu пиу уиу
In Malay, nino nino, iyo iyo
In Minions, mi naw mi naw
In Norwegian, Bæ bu bæ bu
In Polish, ioioioio
In Portuguese, uooooo /uóóóóó/, uiu uiu uiu, tinóni
In Romanian, ni no ni no
In Russian, wiu-wiu виу-виу or уиу-уиу
In Slovene, uiuiui
In Spanish Wiu Wiu, nino-nino
In Tamil, aaaaaeeen-neeeeen
In Thai, ปี๊ป่อ ปี๊ป่อ, วี้หว่อ วี้หว่อ
In Turkish, Daa dii
In Vietnamese, ''ò e í e''

Train whistling

In Albanian, ty-tyy
In Afrikaans, toe-toe
In Arabic, toot-toot
In Bengali, poo
In Bulgarian, ту-тууу
In Catalan, tu tu, tu tuut
In Chinese, Cantonese, 嗚嗚
In Croatian, ču ču
In Czech, hůůů
In Danish, fut fut
In Dutch, tuutuut
In English, choo choo, woo woo
In Estonian, tuut tuut
In Finnish, tuut tuut
In French, tchou tchou
In German, lah nah, spä nö
In Hebrew, tu-tu טוּ־טוּ
In Hindi, tree paa tee
In Hungarian, si-hu-hu-hu
In Indonesian, tuuut tuuut
In Italian, tu tuu, ciuf ciuf
In Japanese, shuppo shuppo シュッポシュッポ
In Kazakh, чу-чуууу
In Korean, chik chik pok pok 칙칙폭폭
In Latvian, tū tū
In Lithuanian, tū tū
In Marathi, choo-choo चू-चूऽ
In Polish, tu-tuuu
In Portuguese, piuí
In Romanian, u! uuu!
In Russian, tu-tuu ту-туу, tu-duu ту-дуу, roo nee pоу-ни
In Slovenian, ču ču
In Spanish, chu chu
In Swedish, tuut-tuut
In Tagalog, hup
In Telugu, koo chuk chuk
In Thai, ปู๊น ปู๊น
In Turkish, ''düt düüt''

Physical and natural phenomena

Electric flowing (buzzing)

In Albanian, bëzz
In Afrikaans, zoei
In English, bzzz ''buzz
In Finnish, tzzz, bzzz
In Hebrew, בְּזזז, טְזְזז
In Japanese, ビリビリ
In Korean, 찌릿찌릿
In Latvian, bzz, zumm
In Polish, bzzzz..., dzzz, zzz''
In Romanian, bâz bzzz
In Spanish, bzzz
In Swedish, bzzz
In Thai, ตืด

Electric shock

In Albanian, zëp, xëp
In Catalan, pssst.
In Croatian, bzzzt
In English, zap
In Filipino, tssst
In Finnish, tsäp, pssäht
In French, zap
In German, zapp
In Japanese, biri ビリッ, bachi バチッ
In Polish, bzyt, bzzt, dzyt, dzzt
In Turkish, ''bızt''

Fire

In Albanian, vu-vu-vu
In Afrikaans, knetter
In Basque, su-su
In Dutch, knetter
In English, crackle crackle
In Finnish, riti-räti, ritin-rätin, rätin, rits-räts
In German, knister knister
In Hungarian, rip-rop
In Japanese, Pachi pachi パチパチ
In Korean, 타닥 tadaak
In Polish, mlak, syk, trzask
In Slovene, prsk
In Swedish, knaster knaster''
In Thai, พรึ่บ, พรึ่บ พรั่บ

Rain

In English, pitter-patter
In Finnish, tihu tihu, rips rips rips, ripi ripi ripi
In French, plic ploc
In Hebrew, teef taf
In Hungarian, csipp csepp
In Japanese, shito shito しとしと
In Mandarin, xī lì huālā 淅瀝哗啦
In Russian, kap-kap кап-кап
In Thai, เปาะแปะ
In Turkish, ''şakır şakır''

Thunder

In Albanian, bau, pëtau, përtau, bubu, bubububum
In Basque, burrun
In Batak, huist, rapak, maturapak, dugu-dugu-dugu
In Bengali, kar kar, gur gur
In Catalan, brrum
In English, crack, kaboom, roll, rumble, boom
In Finnish, jyrin, jyrin järin, jylin, brrumm, brombolom, krrak
In German, zack, groll, grummel
In Hebrew, בְּרָק b'raq
In Hungarian, dörr
In Japanese, goro goro ゴロゴロ
In Korean, beonjjeok 번쩍
In Marathi, kadaad कडाड
In Marathi, gad-gad गड्-गड्
In Nepali, गड्याङ-गुडुङ
In Polish, grzmot, huk
In Portuguese, Kabum, buum, boom
In Romanian, bum
In Russian, babakh бабах, tararakh тарарах, trakh-tararakh трах-тарарах
In Slovenian, bum tresk
In Spanish, brum
In Swedish, kabrak, muller
In Tagalog, boom
In Thai, เปรี้ยง, ครืน ครืน

Steam hissing

In Afrikaans, sis
In Albanian, kshhh
In Arabic, fssss
In Batak, ssssss
In Croatian, pššššš
In English, psss
In Finnish, tsuuh, piih puuh, tsuh tsuh tsuh, sihi suhi
In German, zisch
In Hebrew, psss פְּססס
In Japanese, pushū プシュー
In Polish: szelest, szum
In Romanian, fâs, fsssss
In Russian, psssh пшшш
In Spanish, psss
In Swedish, pssst
In Tagalog, sssss
In Thai, ฟู่

Water dripping

In Albanian, pik-pik, pim-pim
In Afrikaans, drip
In Arabic, tik tik or tok tok
In Bengali: টুপ টুপ ṭup ṭup ঢিপ ঢিপ ḍhip ḍhip
In Bulgarian, cap-cap кап-кап
In Chinese, Cantonese, dihk-dihk 滴滴
In Chinese, Mandarin, dī dá 滴答
In Catalan, plip plip, tip-tip-tip
In Croatian, kap kap
In Czech, kap
In Danish, dryp dryp, plop plop
In Dutch, drup drup, drip, drop
In English, drip drop, plink plonk
In Estonian, tilks tilks
In Finnish, tip tip, plip plop, blob blob blob, lits läts
In French, plic plic/ploc
In German, plitsch, platsch, tropf
In Greek, plits plits πλιτς πλιτς, splats splats σπλατς σπλατς
In Hebrew, tif taf טִיף־טַף
In Hindi, tipak, tipak
In Hungarian, csöp-csöp, csip-csöp
In Indonesian, tik tik
In Italian, plin plin, plop plop
In Japanese, ポツポツ, pota pota ポタポタ
In Korean, ttokttok 똑똑, ttuk-ttuk 뚝뚝
In Latvian, pik pik, pak pak, pakš pakš
In Lithuanian, krapt krapt, krap krap
In Macedonian, cap cap кап кап
In Marathi, tap-tap टप-टप
In Persian, ček ček, čak čak
In Polish, chlap chlap, chlup chlup, kap kap
In Portuguese, plim plim, plic plic
In Romanian, pic pic
In Russian, kap kap кап-кап
In Spanish, ploc ploc, pluip pluip
In Swedish, dripp dropp
In Tagalog, tuk tuk tuk
In Tamil, sottu-sottu
In Telugu, tup tup
In Thai, ติ๋ง ๆ, แหมะ ๆ
In Turkish, şıp şıp
In Uropi, plok
In Vietnamese, tỏng tỏng, toỏng toỏng, ''tí tách''

White water

In Batak, soook
In Finnish, kohin, svuush, jylin, tyrsk, ''tyrkis''

Wind blowing or waves flowing

In Albanian, kshh, fëshh
In Bengali, ভোঁ bhõ, শন শন shôn shôn, ঝির ঝির jhir jhir
In Basque, firu-firu
In Bulgarian, fiiuu фииуу
In Chinese, Mandarin, fuuu
In Croatian, fiju
In Czech, fíííí
In Dutch, woesh, woesj
In English, whoo, whoosh, swish, rustle, whine, whizz, whistle, wheeze, howl, zoom, sigh
In Finnish, viuuh, viuh vauh, vuush, fiuuh; loisk loisk, liti-läti, lipi lapi
In French, frou-frou, vromb, murmur, hurl
In German, huiiih, wutsch, saus, rausch, wein, schwirr, heul, zoom, surr, seufz
In Greek, fru fru φρού φρού, sfýrigh σφύριγ, url ούρλ, sýrigh σύριγ, thýr θυρ
In Hindi, sarr sarr, saayein saayein
In Hungarian, hiss-huss, huss
In Italian, fiuu, fisch, mormor, url, sussurr
In Japanese, byuu byuu, pyuu pyuu, zawa zawa, soyo soyo
In Korean, wing-wing 윙윙
In Lithuanian, ššš
In Macedonian, fuuuu fuuuu фуууу фуууу
In Persian, moj, موج
In Polish, szszszsz, grzmot, huk, huuuuuu, ryk
In Portuguese, Vuuuush
In Romanian, vâj
In Russian, uu-u уу-у
In Spanish, fuuuu fuuuu, fgrrrr frgrrrr, aul, zumb, susurr
In Swedish, svisch
In Tagalog, fuuuu fuuuu
In Tamil, shhhhhhhhhh
In Telugu, shhhhhhh
In Thai, วิ้ว วิ้ว, ฟิ้ว ฟิ้ว
In Turkish, vuuuu vuuuu
In Vietnamese, vi vu, vù vù; rì rào, ''xào xạc''

Others

Jingling

In Albanian, tring-tring, dring-dring
In Afrikaans, klingel, klingeling
In Arabic, خشخش
In Armenian, zar zank զար զանկ
In Basque, tilin-tilin, tilin-talan
In Batak, giring, giring
In Bengali, rini-jhini
In Bulgarian, ljush-bash люш-баш, ding-dong динг-донг
In Chinese, Cantonese, dìuh-díu fihng 吊吊捹
In Chinese, Mandarin, dīng líng 叮铃, dīng dāng 叮当
In Croatian, ding dong
In Czech, cinky-cink
In Dutch, tingeling
In English, clink clank, dingle dangle, jingle jangle
In Estonian, kill-kõll, kilks-kõlks, kilin-kõlin
In Finnish, kili-kili-kili, kilin, helin, kilkan-kalkan, kilkati kalkati
In French, ding-dong
In German, klingeling
In Greek, ντινγκ ντανγκ
In Hebrew, ding-dong דִינְג־דוֹנְג
In Hungarian, csing-ling, bim-bam, giling-galang
In Japanese, チリンチリン, チーン
In Korean, dallang dallang 달랑달랑 ttallang ttallang 딸랑딸랑 jjallang jjallang 짤랑짤랑
In Latvian, dzin dzin
In Macedonian, dang, ding, dong данг, динг, донг
In Malay, ding dong, kring kring
In Polish, dzyń-dzyń
In Romanian, ding-dong
In Russian, din'-don динь-дон dzìnj-dzìnj дзынь-дзынь
In Spanish, ding ding
In Swedish, dingelidång ''kling klang
In Tagalog, klang klang
In Tamil, sil-sila silu-sila
In Thai, เคร้ง, กรุ๊งกริ๊ง
In Turkish, çangır çungur, şangır şungur''

Music

In Mandarin Chinese, dōng dōng qiāng 咚咚锵
In Finnish, humpappaa humpappaa, humppa-humppa-tättärää, jumputi-jumputi ; töttöröö, tuut tuut, uumpah uumpah, städät tädää ; pompoti pompoti, däng däng dong ; twäng, tilu-lilu-lilu, rämpyti-rämpyti ; pimputi pimputi ; kriik-krääk ; bumtsi bam bumtsi bam bam, ''bum bum zak''