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English

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Etymology

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FromMiddle Englishnoyse,noise, fromOld Frenchnoise(“a dispute, wrangle, strife, noise”), of uncertain origin. According to some, fromLatinnausia,nausea(“disgust, nausea”); according to others, fromLatinnoxia(“hurt, harm, damage, injury”); but neither explanation is satisfactory in regard to either form or sense.

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Noun

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noise (countable anduncountable,pluralnoises)

  1. (uncountable) Varioussounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant.
    He knew that it was trash day, when the garbage collectors made all thenoise.
    • 1627 (indicated as1626),Francis [Bacon], “(please specify the page, or |century=I to X)”, inSylua Syluarum: Or A Naturall Historie. In Ten Centuries. […], London: […] William Rawley […];[p]rinted by J[ohn] H[aviland] for William Lee […],→OCLC:
      The heavens turn about in a most rapid motion withoutnoise to us perceived.
    • 1959,Georgette Heyer, chapter 1, inThe Unknown Ajax:
      Charles had not been employed above six months at Darracott Place, but he was not such a whopstraw as to make the leastnoise in the performance of his duties when his lordship was out of humour.
  2. Any sound.
    The suddennoise made everyone jump.
    She crept up behind him not making anoise.
  3. Sound or signal generated by randomfluctuations.
  4. (technology) Any part of asignal ordata that reduces the clarity, precision, or quality of the desired output.
    signal-to-noise ratio
    • 2018, Clarence Green, James Lambert, “Position vectors, homologous chromosomes and gamma rays: Promoting disciplinary literacy through Secondary Phrase Lists”, inEnglish for Specific Purposes,→DOI, page11:
      On the technical side, the scanning and OCR of texts, in combination with the graphic design of high school text books, introduced a certain level ofnoise into the corpus which in turn led to a higher tagging error rate than usual and may affect count precision.
  5. (figurative, by extension) Unwantedfuss orbustle; uselessactivity.
    • 2013, R. Douglas Williamson,Straight Talk on Leadership: Solving Canada's Business Crisis:
      In order to provide coherence and confidence, the leader must dramatically turn down thenoise level in the organization, eliminate any unnecessary distractions that inevitably get in the way of execution, and banish the fear of uncertainty.
  6. (genetics) The measured level of variation ingene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population.
  7. Rumour orcomplaint.
    The problems with the new computer system are causing a lot ofnoise at Head Office.
    • 1709-1710,Thomas Baker,Reflections on Learning
      Whatnoise have we had for fome Years about Transplantation of diseases and transfusion of blood!
    • October 13, 1711,Joseph Addison,The Spectator, No. 195
      He [Socrates] lived in Athens during the great plague, which has made so muchnoise through all ages.
  8. (informal) Speech that issuggestive of anattitude oropinion.
    • 2012, Richard Oliver Collin, Pamela L. Martin,An Introduction to World Politics, page425:
      Despite encouragingnoises made by politicians from time to time, the two sides there have never been further from an agreement.
  9. (obsolete)Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band.
  10. (music) A genre ofrock music that usesstatic and other non-musical sounds, also influenced byart rock.

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See also:Thesaurus:sound

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Translations

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various sounds, usually unwanted
sound or signal generated by random fluctuations
technical: unwanted part of a signal
level of variation in gene expression
rumour or complaint
genre of rock music using non-musical sounds
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References

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(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

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noise (third-person singular simple presentnoises,present participlenoising,simple past and past participlenoised)

  1. (intransitive) To make a noise; tosound.
    • 1667,John Milton, “(please specify the page number)”, inParadise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […];[a]nd by Robert Boulter […];[a]nd Matthias Walker, […],→OCLC; republished asParadise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […],1873,→OCLC:
      Those terrours, which thou speak'st of, did me none ;
      I never fear'd they could, thoughnoising loud
      And threatening nigh
  2. (transitive) Tospread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip.

Translations

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make noise

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited fromOld Frenchnoise, possibly fromLatinnausia,nausea, or alternativelynoxia.

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noise f (pluralnoises)

  1. (archaic or literary)quarrel,argument

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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noise

  1. Alternative form ofnoyse

Etymology 2

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Verb

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noise

  1. Alternative form ofnoysen

Middle French

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Etymology

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Old Frenchnoise.

Noun

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noise f (pluralnoises)

  1. noise

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Old French

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Etymology

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Uncertain; according to some, fromLatinnausia,nausea(“disgust, nausea”), compareOld Occitannauza(“noise, quarrel”); according to others, fromLatinnoxia(“hurt, harm, damage, injury”); but neither explanation is satisfactory in regard to either form or sense.

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Noun

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noiseoblique singular, f (oblique pluralnoises,nominative singularnoise,nominative pluralnoises)

  1. dispute,argument
  2. noise,sound

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