noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Sound
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/ˈsaʊndskeɪp/
rhymes with -eɪp
1
noun
Meaning 1
An acoustic environment, a virtual/emotional environment created using sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
An electroacoustic musical composition creating a sound portrait of a sound environment.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
verb
Meaning 3
To establish or define an acoustic environment, either a virtual one created using sound or a physical one created architecturally to have specific effects on sound.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
For quotations using this term, see Citations:soundscaped.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English sound English landscapebf. English -scape English soundscape From sound + -scape.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Chinese Mandarin:
声景
(shēng jǐng)
— virtual/emotional environment created using sound
Danish:
lydlandskab
— virtual/emotional environment created using sound
Dutch:
geluidslandschap
— virtual/emotional environment created using sound
Dutch:
klanklandschap
— virtual/emotional environment created using sound
Dutch:
klankbeeld
— virtual/emotional environment created using sound
Finnish:
äänimaailma
— virtual/emotional environment created using sound
Finnish:
äänimaisema
— virtual/emotional environment created using sound
West-Frisian:
lûdbyld
— virtual/emotional environment created using sound
German:
Klanglandschaft
— virtual/emotional environment created using sound
Hungarian:
hangkörnyezet
— virtual/emotional environment created using sound
Hungarian:
hangzástér
— virtual/emotional environment created using sound
Hungarian:
hangtér
— virtual/emotional environment created using sound
Hungarian:
hangtáj
— virtual/emotional environment created using sound
Hungarian:
hangpanoráma
— virtual/emotional environment created using sound
Hungarian:
hangzáskép
— virtual/emotional environment created using sound
Hungarian:
hangkép
— virtual/emotional environment created using sound
Norwegian Bokmål:
lydlandskap
— virtual/emotional environment created using sound
Norwegian Nynorsk:
ljodlandskap
— virtual/emotional environment created using sound
Portuguese:
paisagem sonora
— virtual/emotional environment created using sound
Swedish:
ljudbild
— virtual/emotional environment created using sound
Swedish:
ljudlandskap
— virtual/emotional environment created using sound
