noun · verb · 20 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈnoɪ̯z/
/ˈnɔɪ̯z/
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rhymes with -ɔɪz
homophone: Noyes
CMU ARPABET:N OY1 Z
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Examples
He knew that it was trash day, when the garbage collectors made all the noise.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
Any sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Examples
The sudden noise made everyone jump.
She crept up behind him not making a noise.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
Any part of a signal or data that reduces the clarity, precision, or quality of the desired output.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
From Middle English noyse, noise, from Old French noise (“a dispute, wrangle, strife, noise”), of uncertain origin. According to some, from Latin nausia, nausea (“disgust, nausea”); according to others, from Latin noxia (“hurt, harm, damage, injury”); but neither explanation is satisfactory in regard to either form or sense. Potentially a reduced form of Old French enoiier (“to bother, to disturb”), from Latin inodio (“to make repulsive”) - which would make it a doublet of English annoy (“to bother, to irritate”) and English ennui (“boredom, jadedness, depression”). Compare Piedmontese nojé (“to bother, to annoy”), though this fails to explain the final /z/.
Across languages
Translations
230 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Albanian:
zhurmë
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Arabic:
ضَوْضَاء
(ḍawḍāʔ)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Arabic:
ضَجِيج
(ḍajīj)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Arabic:
ضَجَّة
(ḍajja)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Arabic:
دوشة
(dawša)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Arabic:
صّْداع
(ṣdāʕ)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Arabic:
صوت
(ṣōt)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Arabic:
دوشة
(dawša, dawše)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Arabic:
صوت
(ṣōt)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Tunisian Arabic:
حِسّ
(ḥess)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Armenian:
աղմուկ
(aġmuk)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Armenian:
աղաղակ
(aġaġak)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Assamese:
হুলস্থূল
(hulosthul)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Assamese:
চিঞৰ-বাখৰ
(sio͂ro-bakhor)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Asturian:
ruxíu
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Azerbaijani:
səs-küy
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Basque:
zarata
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Belarusian:
шум
(šum)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Central Bikol:
ribok
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Breton:
trouz
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Breton:
trouzoù
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Bulgarian:
шум
(šum)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Burmese:
အသံ
(a.sam)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Catalan:
soroll
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Chechen:
гӏовгӏа
(ğovğa)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Chinese Cantonese:
雜音 /杂音
(zaap6 jam1)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Chinese Cantonese:
噪音
(cou3 jam1)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Chinese Mandarin:
噪音
(zàoyīn)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Chinese Mandarin:
響聲 /响声
(xiǎngsheng)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Chukchi:
ӄуԓиԓьэт
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Czech:
hluk
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Danish:
støj
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Danish:
larm
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Danish:
spektakel
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Danish:
gny
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Dutch:
lawaai
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Dutch:
herrie
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Dutch:
geluid
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Esperanto:
bruo
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Estonian:
kära
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Finnish:
melu
— various sounds, usually unwanted
French:
bruit
— various sounds, usually unwanted
French:
vacarme
— various sounds, usually unwanted
French:
brouhaha
— various sounds, usually unwanted
French:
boucan
— various sounds, usually unwanted
French:
tintamarre
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Friulian:
romôr
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Galician:
barullo
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Georgian:
ხმაური
(xmauri)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
German:
Lärm
— various sounds, usually unwanted
German:
Geräusch
— various sounds, usually unwanted
German:
Krach
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Greek:
θόρυβος
(thóryvos)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Ancient Greek:
θόρυβος
(thórubos)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Hebrew:
רַעַשׁ
(rá'ash)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Hindi:
शोर
(śor)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Hindi:
रव
(rav)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Hindi:
आहट
(āhaṭ)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Hindi:
आवाज़
(āvāz)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Hungarian:
zaj
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Hungarian:
zörej
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Icelandic:
hávaði
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Ido:
bruiso
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Indonesian:
kebisingan
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Indonesian:
berisik
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Ingrian:
šumu
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Irish:
torann
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Irish:
callán
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Irish:
fothram
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Italian:
rumore
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Italian:
strepito
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Japanese:
雑音
(zatsuon)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Japanese:
騒音
(sōon)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Japanese:
ノイズ
(noizu)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Kabuverdianu:
barudju
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Khmer:
សូរ
(sou)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Kongo:
makelele
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Korean:
잡음
(jabeum)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Korean:
잡소리
(japsori)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Korean:
소음
(so'eum)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Korean:
노이즈
(noijeu)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Central Kurdish:
دەنگەدەگ
(dengedeg)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Ladin:
fuera
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Lao:
ສຽງ
(sīang)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Latgalian:
trūksnis
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Latgalian:
žvyuksts
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Latin:
strepitus
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Latin:
clangor
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Latvian:
troksnis
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Lingala:
makelele
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Lithuanian:
triukšmas
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Macedonian:
шум
(šum)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Malay:
bunyi
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Malay:
bising
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Māori:
matioke
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Māori:
tawē
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Māori:
haunene
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Māori:
ngē
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Middle English:
noyse
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Norwegian Bokmål:
støy
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Norwegian Bokmål:
larm
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Norwegian Nynorsk:
støy
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Norwegian Nynorsk:
larm
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Occitan:
bruch
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Old English:
ġehlȳd
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Iranian Persian:
صِدا
(sedâ)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Iranian Persian:
صَدا
(sadâ)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Iranian Persian:
نوفِه
(nufe)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Iranian Persian:
سَر و صِدا
(sar o sedâ)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Polish:
hałas
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Polish:
szum
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Portuguese:
barulho
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Portuguese:
ruído
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Portuguese:
estrépido
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Romanian:
gălăgie
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Romanian:
larmă
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Romanian:
vacarm
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Romanian:
zgomot
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Russian:
шум
(šum)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Samoan:
pisa
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Sango:
makelele
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Sanskrit:
घोष
(ghoṣa)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Scottish Gaelic:
fuaim
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Scottish Gaelic:
faram
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Serbo-Croatian:
шу̑м
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Serbo-Croatian:
бу̏ка
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Serbo-Croatian:
šȗm
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Serbo-Croatian:
bȕka
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Slovak:
hluk
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Slovene:
hrup
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Spanish:
ruido
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Spanish:
estrépito
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Spanish:
barullo
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Svan:
გულ
(gul)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Swahili:
kelele
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Swahili:
makelele
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Swedish:
oljud
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Swedish:
buller
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Tagalog:
ingay
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Tetum:
tarutu
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Thai:
เสียง
(sǐiang)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Tibetan:
སྐད་ཅོར
(skad cor)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Tocharian B:
klene
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Tok Pisin:
nois
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Tongan:
longoaʻa
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Turkish:
gürültü
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Ottoman Turkish:
گورلدی
(gürüldü)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Ottoman Turkish:
سس
(ses)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Ottoman Turkish:
چاو
(çav)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Ukrainian:
шум
(šum)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Urdu:
شور
(śor)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Urdu:
آواز
(āvāz)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Vietnamese:
tiếng ồn
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Walloon:
brut
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Walloon:
araedje
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Yakut:
тыас
(tïas)
— various sounds, usually unwanted
Abkhaz:
ару
(aru)
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
Bulgarian:
шум
(šum)
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
Bulgarian:
смуще́ния
(smušténija)
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
Catalan:
soroll
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
Czech:
šum
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
Danish:
lyd
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
Dutch:
ruis
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
Finnish:
kohina
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
French:
bruit
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
Galician:
ruído
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
German:
Rauschen
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
German:
Störung
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
Hebrew:
רַעַשׁ
(rá'ash)
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
Hungarian:
zaj
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
Japanese:
ノイズ
(noizu)
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
Korean:
노이즈
(noijeu)
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
Polish:
szum
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
Portuguese:
ruído
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
Romanian:
zgomot
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
Romanian:
sunet
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
Russian:
шум
(šum)
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
Serbo-Croatian:
шу̑м
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
Serbo-Croatian:
šȗm
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
Slovene:
hrup
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
Spanish:
ruido
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
Swahili:
kelele
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
Swedish:
brus
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
Tok Pisin:
nois
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
Ukrainian:
шум
(šum)
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
Walloon:
brut
— sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
Abkhaz:
ару
(aru)
— technical: unwanted part of a signal
Bulgarian:
шум
(šum)
— technical: unwanted part of a signal
Catalan:
soroll
— technical: unwanted part of a signal
Chinese Mandarin:
噪音
(zàoyīn)
— technical: unwanted part of a signal
Czech:
šum
— technical: unwanted part of a signal
Danish:
støj
— technical: unwanted part of a signal
Dutch:
ruis
— technical: unwanted part of a signal
Finnish:
kohina
— technical: unwanted part of a signal
French:
bruit
— technical: unwanted part of a signal
German:
Rauschen
— technical: unwanted part of a signal
Hebrew:
רַעַשׁ
(rá'ash)
— technical: unwanted part of a signal
Iranian Persian:
نویْز
(noyz)
— technical: unwanted part of a signal
Polish:
szum
— technical: unwanted part of a signal
Portuguese:
ruído
— technical: unwanted part of a signal
Romanian:
perturbație
— technical: unwanted part of a signal
Romanian:
răsunet
— technical: unwanted part of a signal
Romanian:
zgomot de semnal
— technical: unwanted part of a signal
Russian:
шум
(šum)
— technical: unwanted part of a signal
Russian:
шумы́
(šumý)
— technical: unwanted part of a signal
Serbo-Croatian:
шу̑м
— technical: unwanted part of a signal
Serbo-Croatian:
šȗm
— technical: unwanted part of a signal
Slovene:
šum
— technical: unwanted part of a signal
Spanish:
ruido
— technical: unwanted part of a signal
Swahili:
kelele
— technical: unwanted part of a signal
Swedish:
brus
— technical: unwanted part of a signal
Finnish:
kohina
— level of variation in gene expression
French:
bruit
— level of variation in gene expression
Italian:
rumore
— level of variation in gene expression
Portuguese:
ruído
— level of variation in gene expression
Spanish:
ruido
— level of variation in gene expression
Dutch:
rumoer
— rumour or complaint
Dutch:
oproer
— rumour or complaint
French:
bruit
— rumour or complaint
Middle English:
noyse
— rumour or complaint
Ukrainian:
шум
(šum)
— rumour or complaint
Esperanto:
bruomuziko
— genre of rock music using non-musical sounds
