noise

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French noise (“a dispute, wrangle, strife, noise”); origin uncertain; according to some, from Latin 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.

Pronunciation

• enPR: noiz, IPA: /nɔɪz/, SAMPA: /nOIz/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪz

Noun

noise (plural noises)

1. Various sounds, usually unwanted.

   He knew that it was trash day, when the garbage collectors made all the noise.

2. Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
3. (technology) Unwanted part of a signal. (Signal to noise ratio)
4. (genetics) The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population

Synonyms

• (Various sounds): sound

Hyponyms

• (Various sounds): bang, boom, crash, thud

Translations

various sounds, usually unwanted

Arabic: ضوضاء (ar) (DauDaa') m. Armenian: աղմուկ (hy) (aġmuk), աղաղակ (hy) (aġaġak) Catalan: soroll (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 噪音 (zh) (zàoyīn), 響聲 (zh), 响声 (zh) (xiǎngsheng) Croatian: bȕka (hr) f. Czech: hluk (cs) m. Danish: støj (da) c., larm (da) c., spektakel (da) c. Dutch: lawaai (nl), herrie (nl), geluid (nl) n. Finnish: melu (fi) French: bruit (fr) m., vacarme (fr) m., brouhaha (fr) m. German: Lärm (de) m., Geräusch (de) n., Krach (de) m. (as in Krach machen: to make a lot of noise) Hebrew: רעש (he) (ra'ash) m. Hungarian: zaj (hu), zörej (hu) Ido: bruiso (io)

Italian: rumore (it) m. Japanese: 雑音 (ja) (ざつおん, zatsuon), ノイズ (ja) (noizu) Korean: 소음 (ko) (so-eum) Kurdish: ده‌نگه‌ده‌گ Latin: strepitus (la) m. Occitan: bruch (oc) m. Persian: ونگ (fa) (vang) Polish: hałas (pl) m., szum (pl) m. Portuguese: barulho (pt) m. Russian: шум (ru) (šum) m. Scottish Gaelic: fuaim (gd) m., faram (gd) m. Serbian: шум (šum) m. Slovene: hrup (sl) m. Spanish: ruido (es) m. Swahili: sura (sw) Swedish: oljud (sv) n., buller (sv) n.

sound or signal generated by random fluctuations

Catalan: soroll (ca) m. Croatian: šȗm (hr) m. Czech: šum (cs) m. Danish: lyd (da) c. Dutch: ruis (nl) Finnish: kohina (fi) German: Rauschen (de) n., Störung (de) f.

Hebrew: רעש (he) m. Polish: szum (pl) m. Russian: шум (ru) (šum) m. Serbian: шум (šum) m. Slovene: hrup (sl) m. Spanish: ruido (es) m. Swahili: sura (sw) Swedish: brus (sv) n.

(techn.) Unwanted part of a signal. (Signal to noise ratio)

Catalan: soroll (ca) m. Chinese: Mandarin: 噪音 (zh) (zàoyīn) Croatian: šȗm (hr) m. Czech: šum (cs) m. Danish: støj (da) c. Dutch: ruis (nl) Finnish: kohina (fi) German: Rauschen (de) n.

Hebrew: רעש (he) m. Polish: szum (pl) m. Russian: шум (ru) (šum) m., шумы (ru) (šumý) m. pl. Serbian: шум (šum) m. Slovene: šum (sl) m. Spanish: ruido (es) m. Swahili: sura (sw) Swedish: brus (sv) n.

level of variation in gene expression

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Breton: trouz m., trouzoù pl. French: bruit m. Japanese: 音 (おと, oto) (as in a sound: 1), 騒音 (そうおん, sōon) (annoying noise, as produced by motor vehicles or neighbors partying: 1), ノイズ (noizu) (2-3) Lithuanian: triukšmas m.

Portuguese: barulho m. Spanish: ruido m. Swahili: kilele Telugu: శబ్దం (SabdaM), మోత (mOta), గోల (gOla) Tok Pisin: meknais Turkish: gürültü, patırtı, şıltak

References

(Genetics meaning) "Noise in Gene Expression: Origins, Consequences, and Control." Jonathan M. Raser and Erin K. O'Shea (2005). Science. 309(5743):2010-2013.

Verb

noise (third-person singular simple present noises, present participle noising, simple past and past participle noised)

1. (intransitive) To make noise.
2. (transitive) To spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip.
   • 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts II:

     When this was noysed aboute, the multitude cam togedder and were astonyed, because that every man herde them speake in his awne tongue.

External links

• noise in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• noise in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• noise at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• eosin
• NESOI

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French

Etymology

From Old French noise

Pronunciation

• IPA: /nwaz/

Noun

noise f. (plural noises)

1. (archaic or literary) quarrel, argument

Anagrams

• noies

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Old French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈnojzə/

Noun

noise f. (oblique plural noises, nominative singular noise, nominative plural noises)

1. dispute, argument
2. noise, sound

Descendants

• English: noise
• French: noise