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Definition: Noise |
NoiseNoun1. Sound of any kind (especially unintelligible or dissonant sound); "he enjoyed the street noises"; "they heard indistinct noises of people talking". 2. The auditory experience of sound that lacks musical quality; sound that is a disagreeable auditory experience; "modern music is just noise to me". 3. Electrical or acoustic activity that can disturb communication. Verb1. Emit a noise. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "noise" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Satire | NOISE, n. A stench in the ear. Undomesticated music. The chief product and authenticating sign of civilization. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
Aerospace | 1. Any undesired sound. By extension, noise is any unwanted disturbance within a useful frequency band, such as undesired electric waves in a transmission channel or device. When caused by natural electrical discharges in the atmosphere, noise may be called static. 2. An erratic, intermittent, or statistically random oscillation. 3. In electrical circuit analysis, that portion of the unwanted signal which is statistically random, as distinguished from hum, which is an unwanted signal occurring at multiples of the power-supply frequency.If ambiguity exists as to the nature of the noise, a phrase such as acoustic noise or electric noise should be used. Since the above definition are not mutually exclusive, it is usually necessary to depend on context for the distinction. See white noise. (references) |
Biology & Biotechnology | The background variation in a time series that cannot be attributed to a detectable quality, pattern, or variation, and is usually assumed to be random through time. Source: European Union. (references) |
Computing | A disturbance that affects a signal and that may distort the information carried by the signal. Source: European Union. (references) |
Dream Interpretation | If you hear a strange noise in your dream, unfavorable news is presaged. If the noise awakes you, there will be a sudden change in your affairs. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Electrical Engineering | Any undesired signal, by extension any unwanted disturbance within a useful frequency band ; a disturbance that affects a signal and that may distort the information carried by the signal. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A)any undesired sound; b)by extension, any unwanted disturbance such as undesired electric waves in any transmission channel or device. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Environment | Product-level or product-volume changes occurring during a test that are not related to a leak but may be mistaken for one. (references) |
Finance | Price and volume fluctuations that can confuse interpretation of market direction. Source: European Union. (references) |
Mining | A. Any undesired sound b. By extension, any unwanted disturbance such as undesired electric waves in any transmission channel or device c. In gravity and magnetic prospecting, disturbances in observed data due to more or less random inhomogeneities in surface and near-surface material d. In seismic prospecting, all recorded energy not derived from the explosion of the shot. Sometimes loosely used for all recorded energyexcept events of interest. (references) |
Physics | The erratic, intermittent or statistically random vibration or a disagreeable or undesired sound or other disturbance. Source: European Union. (references) |
| A general term applied to that part of an image, or to the signal that produces the image, that does not contribute information. Source: European Union. (references) | |
| The random fluctuations that are always associated with a measurement that is repeated many times over. Noise appears in astronomical images as fluctuations in the image background. These fluctuations do not represent any real sources of light in the sky, but rather are caused by the imperfections of the telescope. If the noise is too high, it may obscure the dimmest objects within the field of view. (references) | |
Public Administration | Unwanted, random sound or electromagnetic radiation, not desired by the observer and considered a cause of sound pollution and signals disturbance. Source: European Union. (references) |
| Any disagreeable or undesired sound. Source: European Union. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
In general usage, noise can be considered sound without meaning; that is, sound that is not being used to transmit information, but is simply produced as a by-product of other activities. Most often it is defined as meaningless sound of greater than usual volume. Thus, a loud activity may be referred to as noisy. However, conversations of other people may be called noise for people not involved in any of them.
See:
- Noise (environmental)
- noise music
- Noise (Goidelic mythology)
- noise (physics)
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Noise is unwanted sound. This is however subjective: some sounds are considered noise by some but not by others, e.g. certain music, church bells, calls to prayers from a minaret, sounds of playing children, birds, wind, sea, etc.It is one of the most underestimated causes of health damage. There are several kinds of noise by source, including aviation noise, car noise, train noise and industrial noise.
See also: Antinoise
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In Goidelic mythology, Noise was the nephew of King Conchobar of Ulster, and a son of Usnech.Conchobar planned on marrying his step-daughter, the beautiful Deirdre. She fell in love with Noise, and they fled to Scotland with his two brothers. Conchobar's messengers asked Noise and his brothers to return to Ireland. They did and he killed them. Deirdre died of grief.
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In science, and especially in physics and telecommunication, noise is random fluctuations and the addition of external factors to the stream of target information (signal) being received at a detector.More specifically, in physics, the term noise has the following meanings:
1. An undesired disturbance within the frequency band of interest; the summation of unwanted or disturbing energy introduced into a communications system from man-made and natural sources.
2. A disturbance that affects a signal and that may distort the information carried by the signal.
3. Random variations of one or more characteristics of any entity such as voltage, current, or data.
4. A random signal of known statistical properties of amplitude, distribution, and spectral density.
5. Loosely, any disturbance tending to interfere with the normal operation of a device or system.
Some sections copied from Federal Standard 1037C and from MIL-STD-188
See also: signal-to-noise ratio
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Noise music is a term that succinctly sums up this genre by its name alone. Noise music is loosely related to industrial, sharing its DIY ethos, independence and ethic of using "non-musical" sources. Often punishing and abrasive, Noise music can be difficult listening, ranging from the free-form extreme electronic music of Whitehouse and Merzbow to the more sculptured sounds of Otomo Yoshihide.Fans of the genre distinguish between "pure noise", with essentially no structure, and "rhythmic noise", which contains elements of conventional musical structure, especially rhythm. Many industrial and electronic artists incorporate noise elements into their work.
For reasons unknown the genre became popular in Japan, with a large following in Tokyo and Osaka. Musicians such as the afore mentioned Merzbow, Otomo Yoshihide and other names like KK Null, Masonna, The Gerogerigegege and The Boredoms have made this nation something of a mecca for this style.
In recent years European musicians associated with jazz, electronica and black metal have been active in the Noise music arena.
Lou Reed's quad LP album Metal Machine Music released in 1975 is an early, well known example of noise music. Despite speculation that Reed intended it only as a way to get released from his record contract, he himself insists (for what this is worth) that he was "very serious" about this work. Certainly Lou Reed must have been familiar with the work his Velvet Underground cohort John Cale had done with electronic drone music with artists such as Tony Conrad and LaMonte Young in the mid-60s (see the CD release of Inside the Dream Syndicate Volume 1: Day of Niagra).
Sound sample
- I'm coming to the garden..... no sound, no memory (excerpt) - from Merzbow's album Dharma (2001) (Vorbis format, 12 seconds, 94 kB)
- Ameracs Sumic - a track by IndusTree, recorded in 1998 (Vorbis, 4:20, 1.4 MB).
External links
- http://www.gyrofrog.com/mmm.html
- http://www.theonionavclub.com/review.php?review_id=3941
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| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
NOISE | English | Electrical fluctuations and Noise in advanced microelectronics:submicron,two dimensional gas and low temperature devices | Computing, European Union |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: NoiseSynonyms: dissonance (n), disturbance (n), interference (n), racket (n), make noise (v), resound (v). (additional references) |
| Synonym by domain: discomforted (environment, meteorology & standards). |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Publication | Proclaim, herald, blazon; blaze abroad, noise abroad; sound a trumpet; trumpet forth, thunder forth; give tongue; announce with beat of drum, announce with flourish of trumpets; proclaim from the housetops, proclaim at Charing Cross. |
Repute | Make a noise, make some noise, make a noise in the world; leave one's mark, exalt one's horn, blow one's horn, star it, have a run, be run after; come into vogue, come to the front; raise one's head. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | That noise I just heard (101 Dalmatians; writing credit: John Hughes) Wanna hear the most annoying noise in the world (Dumb & Dumber; writing credit: Peter Farrelly; Bennett Yellin) Oh, no. All that traffic and noise and pollution, and rude people (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro) To me, jazz is just noise. Insolent noise (The Talented Mr. Ripley; writing credit: Anthony Minghella) You see, bees usually make a lot of noise. No noise suggests no bees (The Simpsons; writing credit: Artur Brauner; Paul Hengge) | |
Lyrics | Makin all that noise (School's Out; performing artist: Alice Cooper) American girls all weather and noise (American Girls; performing artist: Counting Crows) Over on the corner there's a happy noise. (DOWN ON THE CORNER; performing artist: Creedence Clearwater Revival) Cut her off when she talk some noise (Jumpin', Jumpin' (So So Def Remix); performing artist: Destiny's Child) I, like noise, cuz I like waking up the house (I Don't Want Your Love; performing artist: Duran Duran) | |
Clever | Noise proves nothing, Often a hen who has laid an egg cackles as if she had laid an asteroid. (references; author: Mark Twain) Parental Observation: A young child is a noise with dirt on it. (references; author: unknown) Why do bagpipers walk when they play? They're trying to get away from the noise. (references; author: unknown) | |
Tongue Twisters | A noisy noise annoys an oyster. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Isle Is Full of Noise (1967) Wall of Noise (1963) The Big Noise (1944) Stop That Noise (1935) Noise Annoys Ko-Ko (1929) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | UH-60 Blackhawk - Noise Experiments. Credit: NASA. |  | MD-900 Noise Abatement Test. Credit: NASA. |
 | Noise Research Program on Hangar Apron. Credit: NASA. |  | Viking 2 image of the region around the "Inca City". Viking 2 alsoimaged the region, but no evidence of the feature was visible in this image fromorbit 225. It has been enhanced to bring out the details (noise reduced andcontrast enhanced). The resolution of the original image is 0.544 km/pixel andis centered at -81.56 degrees latitude and 69.82 degrees longitude. Reproducedfrom volume 55 of theMission to Mars: Viking Orbiter Images of Mars CD-ROM set. Credit: NASA. |
 | Polar bear - Ursus maritimus - appears to be stalking walrus - in fact was running from helicopter noise. Credit: NOAA's Ark (Animals). |  | Tuna purse seiner is headed towards school of tuna to encircle with net. Workboat that helps hold net during deployment is still on starboard stern. Smaller vessel in water is used to make noise to scare tuna into staying within confines of net prior to ship and workboat deploying and closing the net. Credit: Fisheries. |
 | Hydrofoils linking Favignana and Trapani pass very close to the western side of the nets. Noise from the hydrofoils scare the tuna away. Credit: Fisheries. |  | The lid came clean away with a ripping noise. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Noise extracted without pain : waiter (to single gentleman): excuse me, sir, but that lady and gentleman wish me to recommend to you one of those new Maxim soup silencers. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | I'll give him just about a week to live -- unless they cut that noise!. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Bottle noise" by Lokodi Ákos Commentary: "High rated bitter soda." | "Noise 01" by Jessica Poli Commentary: "Inside a speaker." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
 | Crowd noise at a gamelan festival with dancing. | | Restaurant background noise in which the voices are audible but unintelligibly jumbled together. |
| Fighter jet engine noise. | | Star trek button noise. |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Christopher Marlowe | Pray for me! and what noise soever ye hear, come not unto me, for nothing can rescue me. |
Diogenes of Sinope | Calumny is only the noise of madmen. |
Edmund Burke | We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation. |
Jean de La Fontaine | People who make no noise are dangerous. |
John Milton | Sweet bird, that shun the noise of folly, most musical, most melancholy! |
John Selden | They that govern the most make the least noise. |
Michel Eyquem De Montaigne | He who establishes his argument by noise and command shows that his reason is weak. |
Napoleon Bonaparte | Ten persons who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent. |
Peter Ustinov | To refuse awards is another way of accepting them with more noise than is normal. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Author | Date | Quotation |
John Locke | 1690 | Though governments can originally have no other rise than that before mentioned, nor polities be founded on any thing but the consent of the people; yet such have been the disorders ambition has filled the world with, that in the noise of war, which makes so great a part of the history of mankind, this consent is little taken notice of: and therefore many have mistaken the force of arms for the consent of the people, and reckon conquest as one of the originals of government. (Second Treatise of Government) |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | She could not endure its noise. |
Through the Looking-Glass | Carroll, Lewis | AFTER a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | My brethren, I repeat, no zeal, no noise, no excess, even in witticisms, mirth, gaiety and plays on words |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | He waited till all in the chapel had knelt and every least noise was still |
Grapes of Wrath | Steinbeck, John | And outside the tent all the noise had stopped |
Gulliver's Travels | Swift, Jonathan | I heard a confused noise about me, but in the posture I lay, could see nothing except the sky. |
Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | It is the noise of my contemporaries |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | This includes smoking, alcohol, and loud noise. (references) | |
Be aware of noise around you that can make hearing more difficult. (references) | ||
Make family, friends and colleagues aware of the hazards of noise. (references) | ||
Business | Human factors include the noise level, vibration characteristics and ergonomics of the machines. (references) | |
Noise generated by wind turbines is another problem and a barrier to the development of wind farms near inhabited areas. (references) | ||
Environmental regulations restrict noise output and require that the farms be installed away from bird migration routes. (references) | ||
Economic History | Vietnam | Vietnam's pollution areas include air, water, and noise pollution. (references) |
Hong Kong | The government is looking at new technologies to reduce road-generated noise, including rubberized asphalt and noise barricades. (references) | |
Colombia | Larger and more modern aircraft are also needed for expanded air cargo operations and to meet international noise reduction levels. (references) | |
Human Rights | Cameroon | The noise had awakened the gendarme, Angang, who emerged from his house with a rifle. (references) |
United Arab Emirates | The Code of Conduct also lists prohibited behavior, including prohibitions against wearing swimwear in streets or other public places; against men and women being alone in public places or at suspicious times and in suspicious circumstances if they are not connected by a "legally acceptable" relationship; against publicly bothering others or disturbing the peace with acts of vulgarity or loud noise; and against publicly engaging in acts of harassment that violate public decency. (references) | |
Political Economy | TAIWAN | Imported autos face stringent noise, emission and fuel efficiency testing requirements. (references) |
Trade | Argentina | Low voltage electrical equipment was the first product category subjected to safety regulations and mandatory certification (Resolution 92/98). Regulations have also been issued for toys, shoes, gas appliances and products, construction steel, elevators, energy consumption and noise labeling of appliances, closures for dangerous products, and personal protective equipment. (references) |
Worker Rights | Poland | Standards for exposure to chemicals, dust, and noise are exceeded routinely. (references) |
Lesotho | There are regulations in force concerning welding and cutting, noise, and spray painting. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | COMMONWEALTH, n. An administrative entity operated by an incalculable multitude of political parasites, logically active but fortuitously efficient. This commonwealth's capitol's corridors view, So thronged with a hungry and indolent crew Of clerks, pages, porters and all attaches Whom rascals appoint and the populace pays That a cat cannot slip through the thicket of shins Nor hear its own shriek for the noise of their chins. On clerks and on pages, and porters, and all, Misfortune attend and disaster befall! May life be to them a succession of hurts; May fleas by the bushel inhabit their shirts; May aches and diseases encamp in their bones, Their lungs full of tubercles, bladders of stones; May microbes, bacilli, their tissues infest, And tapeworms securely their bowels digest; May corn-cobs be snared without hope in their hair, And frequent impalement their pleasure impair. Disturbed be their dreams by the awful discourse Of audible sofas sepulchrally hoarse, By chairs acrobatic and wavering floors -- The mattress that kicks and the pillow that snores! Sons of cupidity, cradled in sin! Your criminal ranks may the death angel thin, Avenging the friend whom I couldn't work in. K.Q. |
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| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Nancy Grace | What Corinthians said is, Without love, you are nothing. That is plain and simple. All the noise and the yelling and the clanging cymbals I've heard comes from right over there. And what I want to do is calmly go through the evidence with you. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "Noise" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.53% of the time. "Noise" is used about 4,502 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 99.53% | 4,481 | 2,181 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.22% | 10 | 111,207 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 0.11% | 5 | 157,705 |
| Noun (proper) | 0.09% | 4 | 175,879 |
| Noun (common) | 0.04% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4,502 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "noise". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Benhadad | N/A | Biblical | Noise |
| Hadad | N/A | Biblical | Noise |
| Haman | N/A | Biblical | Noise |
| Rithmah | N/A | Biblical | Noise |
| Sion | N/A | Biblical | Noise |
| Zelek | N/A | Biblical | The shadow or noise of him that licks or laps |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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Expressions using "noise": a big noise ♦ a devil of a noise ♦ airborne noise emitted ♦ ambient noise ♦ annoyance noise level ♦ approach noise measurement point ♦ automatic noise limiter ♦ background noise ♦ backstage noise ♦ battle noise ♦ big noise ♦ changing noise ♦ clicking noise ♦ colored noise ♦ coloured noise ♦ composite noise rating ♦ contact noise ♦ cosmic noise ♦ cracking noise ♦ crackling noise ♦ crosstalk noise ♦ cyclic noise ♦ dangerous noise ♦ effective perceived noise level ♦ effective threshold of audibility in noise ♦ empty vessels make most noise ♦ equal noise contour ♦ extraterrestrial noise ♦ flat random noise ♦ fluctuating noise ♦ flyover noise measurement point ♦ football noise ♦ frying noise ♦ galactic noise ♦ Gaussian noise ♦ great noise ♦ ground noise ♦ he is a big noise ♦ hell of a noise ♦ hellish noise ♦ i just heard a noise ♦ impact noise ♦ impulse noise ♦ impulsive noise ♦ induced noise ♦ induced power noise ♦ infernal noise ♦ intensity of noise ♦ intermittent noise ♦ line noise ♦ lost in the noise ♦ loud noise ♦ loudness level of noise ♦ lumped noise model ♦ maddening noise ♦ make a cracking noise ♦ make a crackling noise ♦ make a noise ♦ make much noise ♦ make noise ♦ making noise ♦ meaningful noise ♦ meteorological noise ♦ minimum noise procedure ♦ minimum noise route ♦ noise abatement ♦ noise abatement procedure ♦ noise about ♦ noise abroad ♦ noise amplitude distribution ♦ noise and number index ♦ noise blanker ♦ noise carpet ♦ noise certification ♦ noise conditions ♦ noise contour ♦ noise control ♦ noise control at the ears of the listeners ♦ noise control at the receiver ♦ noise criteria ♦ noise exposure category ♦ noise exposure forecast ♦ noise grade ♦ noise immission level ♦ noise immunity ♦ noise induced hearing loss ♦ noise it ♦ noise killer ♦ noise level ♦ noise measurement ♦ noise of cricket ♦ noise pollution ♦ noise protection ♦ noise reduction ♦ noise smth. about ♦ noise strip ♦ noise suppression ♦ noise suppressor ♦ noise voltage ♦ particular sensitivity to noise ♦ perceived noise level. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "noise": noise-abatement, noise-abating, noise-annoys, noise-as-threat, noise-bar, noise-bars, noise-blast, noise-box, Noise-Buildings, noise-for-noise, noise-free, noise-grunge-new-wave-of-alternative-corporate-underground-anarcho-core-punk, noise-induced, noise-killer, noise-level, noise-maker, noise-making, noise-outs, noise-polluted, noise-pop, noise-reducing, noise-reduction, noise-sensitive, noise-shaping, noise-shock, noise-stop, noise-storms. | |
Ending with "noise": red-noise, surface-noise. | |
Containing "noise": carrier-to-noise ratio, signal-to-noise ratio. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
white noise | 1,388 | white noise generator | 47 |
noise | 573 | low noise amplifier | 47 |
noise pollution | 218 | noise maker | 45 |
art of noise | 199 | ratio signal to noise | 43 |
noise cancelling headphones | 171 | guitar noise | 41 |
noise reduction | 144 | noise filter | 40 |
fart noise | 144 | noise therapy | 40 |
international noise conspiracy | 137 | funny noise | 40 |
white noise machine | 122 | ear noise | 36 |
black noise record | 103 | car noise | 35 |
noise control | 98 | noise ordinance | 32 |
noise off | 70 | industrial noise control | 30 |
noise reduction headphones | 68 | noise barrier | 29 |
noise cancelling headset | 67 | noise level | 28 |
noise canceling headphones | 65 | pink noise | 28 |
noise ratchet | 63 | engine noise | 27 |
animal noise | 58 | come feel noise | 27 |
sex noise | 56 | farting noise | 26 |
noise cancellation | 55 | brake noise | 26 |
noise cancelling | 49 | boston noise | 26 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "noise"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | ophef (ado, din), lawaai (ado, agitation, din, riot, tumult). (various references) | |
Albanian | zhurmë (ado, bang, blatancy, bobbery, Chirm, clamor, clamour, din, hoopla, jangle, noisiness, racket, smash, sound, sputter, to-do, tumult, uproar). (various references) | |
Arabic | حدث ضجة (din), تداخل موجات, ضجيج (crash, din, discord, fuss, horseplay, hubbub, hurly burly, noisiness, racket, riptide, thunder), ضجة (ado, botcher, bother, clutter, din, hullabaloo, hustle, pother, racket, roar, row, rumor, rumour, rumpus, sensation, shindy, sound, stir, storm, titbit, tumult), جلبة (clamor, clamour, clatter, din, fanfare, hubbub, hullabaloo, hurly burly, pandemonium, racket, roar, tumult, uproar), أفشى (split), أشاع (popularize, propagate, rumor, rumour, spread, strew), ثرثر بصوت عال, شخشخة, دوي (buzz, manual, report, ringing, roar, thunder). (various references) | |
Basque | zarata. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | слух (audition, breeze, bruit, buzz, hearing, hearsay, report, reportage, rumor, rumour, scuttlebutt, speech, story, whisper, whispering, wind), шум (ado, ballyhoo, bobbery, boom, buzz, clam, coil, discord, murmur, noisiness, pandemonium, pother, rattle, reclame, row, sound, stir, to-do, tumult, turmoil, uproar), клюка (cambock, cammock, gossip, scuttlebutt, tale, whiff), глъч (cackle, din, hubble bubble, hubbub), врява (ado, clamor, clamour, din, discord, fracas, fuss, hubbub, hue, hurly burly, kick up, noisiness, outcry, pandemonium, pother, racket, row, ruckus, rumpus, shine, to-do, tumult, uproar), звук (note, phone, ring, sound, tune), злословие (calumniation, calumny, detraction, obloquy, slander). (various references) | |
Catalan | soroll (ado, din). (various references) | |
Chinese | 音 (news, sound), 響聲 , 聲 (sound, tone, voice), 諠 (clamor, deceitful), 譁 (clamor), 噪音 (rumble, static), 噪聲 , 噪声, 噪 (buzzing, chirp, clamor, mixture of voices), 嚆 (sound), 吵鬧聲 , 喧 (clamor), 唎 (sound), 嘩 (cat-calling sound, clamor, crashing sound). (various references) | |
Czech | hluk (ado, clamor, clamour, hubbub, noice, noisiness, rush, tumult). (various references) | |
Danish | larm (ado, din). (various references) | |
Dutch | lawaai (ado, din), rumoer (ado, din), ophef (ado, din), leven (ado, be alive, din, life, live), herrie (ado, agitation, din, quarrel, riot, tumult). (various references) | |
Esperanto | bruo (ado, din). (various references) | |
Faeroese | halda gang (make a noise), duna (howl, make a noise, murmur, mutter, roar). (various references) | |
Farsi | پارازیت (Mush, Parasite), قیل وقال (Jangle, Row, Ruction), سروصدا (Clamor, Explosion, Jazz, Racket, Romp, Ruction), طنین (Resonance, Ring, Sonance), صداراه انداختن , صدا (Call, Calling, Phone, Phoneme, Report, Sonance, Sound, Tingle, Tone, Toom, Vocal, Vocation, Voice, Yell), شلوغ (Busy, Messy, Tumult, Unquiet), شایعه وتهمت . (various references) | |
Finnish | melu. (various references) | |
French | bruit. (various references) | |
Frisian | leven (ado, din, life), lawaai (ado, din). (various references) | |
German | Lärm (breeze, commotion, din, dins, fuss, kerfuffle, noisiness, racket, row, tumult), Geräusch (sound), Rauschen (boom, hiss, murmur, murmuring, resound, roar, rush, rustle, sough, sweep, swish, swoosh, whoosh). (various references) | |
Greek | θόρυβος (hum). (various references) | |
Hawaiian | zhurmë (ado, din). (various references) | |
Hebrew | להקים רעש, להפיץ שמועה (rumor, rumour, spread rumor), תרבוכה (confusion), שקשוק (clatter, rumbling), שאון (hurly burly, rush, tumult, uproar), קול (sound, thunder, voice, vox), המולה (ado, bustle, commotion, din, fray, fussiness, hubbub, hurly burly, hustle, roar, tempest), טרטור (blast, harassment, hum, rattle), רעישות (seismicity), רעש (din, fuss, shock, stir, storm, tang, tumult, uproar), רגשה (commotion, tumult), סאן (din). (various references) | |
Hungarian | zaj (ado, bluster, clamor, clamour, din, hubbub, jangle, mush, sound, sputter), lárma (ado, blare, bluster, bobbery, clamor, clamour, din, discord, fuss, hubbub, hurly-burly, jangle, kick up, noisiness, outcry, racket, row, ruckus, shindy, splatter-dash, to-do), feltűnés tárgya, feltűnés (sensation). (various references) | |
Indonesian | tenar (popular, well known), riuh, recok (excitement), kuek (ado), derau, bunyi (blare, contents, sound), bising (buzzing, clatter, noisy). (various references) | |
Italian | rumore (ado, clamor, clamour, clatter, din, rattle, sound). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 響き (echo, reverberation, sound), 騒音 . (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | おんきょう (acoustic, echo, sound), がいらん, ノイズ , そうおん (cacophony), ざつおん, ひびき (echo, reverberation, sound), どたばた (noisy, slapstick), ごうごう (boisterousness, rumbling, thunderously). (various references) | |
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