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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:

Human sounds

Consuming food or drink

Bodily functions and involuntary sounds

Cries of distress

Interrupted speech

Expressions of positive emotions

Animal sounds

Bird sounds

Domestic birds

Wild birds

Mammal sounds

Cats and dogs

Equine sounds

Animals with cloven hoofs

 매) (  mae )

Other mammals

Other animals

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
• In French, bang, pop
• In German, baeng, plop
• In Greek, bam μπαμ, bum μπουμ
• In Hindi, thaa, phatt
• In Hungarian, pukk (quieter); durr, bumm, bámm (louder)
• 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 (nasalized o)
• In Persian, poloq
• In Polish, bum, 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 (po), ปั้ง (pang)
• 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
• 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 (mainly by children); 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 (bān bān), 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 Persian, bang
• In Macedonian, bum бум; pau пау; ra ta ta ta ра та та та
• In Marathi, Dhishkyaon ढिश्क्यँव, dhishum धिशुम
• In Polish, 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 (tuum, cannon firing); ปัง (pang, gunshot)
• In Turkish, bom, bam, güm, dıkşınyaa (by kids)
• In Uropi, bam (cannon), pang (gun)
• In Vietnamese, đoàng (louder); pằng (quieter); bùm (usually for cannons)

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
• 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 (gān)
• 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, bum, trach
• 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 (khrom)
• 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
• 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 (keriang-keriut)
• 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 (aet)
• In Turkish, gıcır, gıcırt
• In Uropi, krak
• In Vietnamese, kétttt, ken két, cọt kẹt, kẽo kẹt

Engine back-firing while freewheeling

• 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
• 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
• 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 (kotsu kotsu), 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 (ketuk)
• In Marathi, thak-thak ठक्-ठक्
• In Persian, taq-taq
• In Polish, puk-puk
• In Portuguese, toc toc, noque noque, truz truz
• In Romanian, cioc-cioc
• In Russian, tuk-tuk тук-тук
• In Slovenian, tok tok
• In Spanish, toc toc, tun tun
• In Swedish, knack knack
• In Tagalog, tok tok tok
• In Thai, ก๊อก ๆ ๆ (kok kok kok)
• In Turkish, tak tak
• In Vietnamese, cốc cốc, cộc cộc
• In Zulu, nqo nqo nqo

Strikes