noise

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English noyse, noise, from Old French noise (“a dispute, wrangle, strife, noise”), of uncertain origin. According to some, from Latin nausia, 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. Potentially a reduced form of Old French enoiier (“to bother, to disturb”), from Latin inodio (“to make repulsive”) - which would make it a doublet of English annoy (“to bother, to irritate”) and English ennui (“boredom, jadedness, depression”). Compare Piedmontese nojé (“to bother, to annoy”), though this fails to explain the final /z/. === Pronunciation === enPR: noiz, IPA(key): /nɔɪz/ Rhymes: -ɔɪz Homophone: Noyes === Noun === noise (countable and uncountable, plural noises) (uncountable) Various sounds, usually unwanted or unpleasant. Any sound. Sound or signal generated by random fluctuations. (technology) Any part of a signal or data that reduces the clarity, precision, or quality of the desired output. signal-to-noise ratio (statistics) Variation or deviation generated by random fluctuations. (figurative, by extension) Unwanted fuss or bustle; useless activity. (genetics) The measured level of variation in gene expression among cells, regardless of source, within a supposedly identical population. Rumour or complaint. 1709-1710, Thomas Baker, Reflections on Learning What noise 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 much noise through all ages. (informal) Speech that is suggestive of an attitude or opinion. (obsolete) Music, in general; a concert; also, a company of musicians; a band. (music) A genre of rock music that uses static and other non-musical sounds, also influenced by art rock. ==== Synonyms ==== (Various sounds): sound ==== Hyponyms ==== (Various sounds): bang, boom, crash, thud ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Translations ==== ==== 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) (intransitive) To make a noise; to sound. (transitive) To spread news of; to spread as rumor or gossip. ==== Translations ==== === Further reading === “noise”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “noise”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “noise”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. === Anagrams === onsie, eosin-, eosin, NESOI, nosie, Senoi == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French noise, possibly from Latin nausia, nausea, or alternatively noxia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /nwaz/ === Noun === noise f (plural noises) (archaic or literary) quarrel, argument ==== Derived terms ==== chercher des noises === Further reading === “noise”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 === Anagrams === noies == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== noise alternative form of noyse === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== noise alternative form of noysen == Middle French == === Etymology === Old French noise. === Noun === noise f (plural noises) noise ==== Descendants ==== French: noise == Old French == === Etymology === Uncertain; according to some, from Latin nausia, nausea (“disgust, nausea”), compare Old Occitan nauza (“noise, quarrel”); according to others, from Latin noxia (“hurt, harm, damage, injury”); but neither explanation is satisfactory in regard to either form or sense. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnoi̯.zə/ === Noun === noise oblique singular, f (oblique plural noises, nominative singular noise, nominative plural noises) dispute, argument noise, sound ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: noiseFrench: noise → Middle English: noyse, neoyse, noice, noise, noyce, noyes, noysEnglish: noiseScots: noise