loudness

English

Etymology

From Middle English loudnesse, lowdenesse, from Old English hlūdnes, equivalent to loud +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

loudness (countable and uncountable, plural loudnesses)

2. Strength of sound: how loud it is.

   Synonym: volume

   Antonyms: quietness, silence

   Coordinate terms: pitch, timbre, tone color

   1. The perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure, measured in sones or phons.
   2. The physical strength of the sound pressure level, measured in decibels.

Derived terms

• loudness race
• loudness war

Translations

perceptual strength or amplitude of sound pressure — see also noisiness

• Czech: hlasitost f
• Finnish: äänekkyys (fi)
• German: Lautheit (de) f (jargon), Lautstärkepegel m (jargon), Lautstärke (de) f
• Hungarian: hangosság (hu)
• Ido: lauteso (io)
• Japanese: 喧騒 (ja) (kensō)
• Latvian: skaļums m
• Polish: głośność (pl) f
• Russian: гро́мкость (ru) f (grómkostʹ)
• Spanish: sonoridad (es) f, estrepitez f, intensidad sónica f, intensidad acústica f

the physical strength of the sound pressure level

• Finnish: äänenvoimakkuus (fi)
• French: bruyance (fr) f
• German: Schalldruckpegel m (jargon)
• Hungarian: hangnyomásszint
• Ido: lauteso (io)
• Japanese: 音量 (ja) (onryō)
• Latvian: skaļums m
• Polish: głośność (pl) f
• Russian: гро́мкость (ru) f (grómkostʹ)
• Spanish: volumen (es) m, sonoridad (es) f, estrepitez f, intensidad sónica f, intensidad acústica f

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• French: ^{(please verify)} volume (fr) m, ^{(please verify)} intensité (fr) f