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Excess noise which is unpleasant or harmful.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
annoying and potentially harmful environmental noise
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: sound pollution
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: pollution
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
35 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Afrikaans:
geraasbesoedeling
— excessive noise
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Arabic:
تَلَوُّث ضَوْضَائِيّ
(talawwuṯ ḍawḍāʔiyy)
— excessive noise
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Basque:
soinu kutsadura
— excessive noise
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Breton:
saotradur dre drouz
— excessive noise
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Catalan:
contaminació acústica
— excessive noise
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Chinese Mandarin:
噪音污染
(zàoyīn wūrǎn)
— excessive noise
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Czech:
hlukové znečištění
— excessive noise
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Dutch:
geluidsoverlast
— excessive noise
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Dutch:
geluidshinder
— excessive noise
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Dutch:
geluidsvervuiling
— excessive noise
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Finnish:
melusaaste
— excessive noise
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French:
nuisance sonore
— excessive noise
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French:
pollution sonore
— excessive noise
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Georgian:
ხმოვანი დაბინძურება
(xmovani dabinʒureba)
— excessive noise
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German:
Lärmbelastung
— excessive noise
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Greek:
ηχορύπανση
(ichorýpansi)
— excessive noise
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Hindi:
ध्वनि प्रदूषण
(dhvani pradūṣaṇ)
— excessive noise
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Hungarian:
hangszennyezés
— excessive noise
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Italian:
inquinamento acustico
— excessive noise
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Japanese:
騒音公害
(sōon kōgai)
— excessive noise
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Kannada:
ಶಬ್ದ ಮಾಲಿನ್ಯ
(śabda mālinya)
— excessive noise
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Korean:
소음 공해
(so'eum gonghae)
— excessive noise
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Latin:
sonitus pollutio
— excessive noise
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Malayalam:
ശബ്ദമലിനീകരണം
(śabdamalinīkaraṇaṁ)
— excessive noise
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Marathi:
ध्वनिप्रदूषण
(dhvanipradūṣaṇ)
— excessive noise
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Portuguese:
poluição sonora
— excessive noise
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Russian:
шумово́е загрязне́ние
(šumovóje zagrjaznénije)
— excessive noise
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Spanish:
contaminación acústica
— excessive noise
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Swedish:
ljudförorening
— excessive noise
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Swedish:
buller
— excessive noise
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Thai:
มลภาวะทางเสียง
— excessive noise
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Thai:
มลพิษทางเสียง
— excessive noise
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Turkish:
gürültü kirliliği
— excessive noise
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Vietnamese:
ô nhiễm tiếng ồn
— excessive noise
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Zulu:
ongcolile nomsindo
— excessive noise