noise pollution

noun

Excess noise which is unpleasant or harmful.

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sound pollution
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Meanings

nounnoise pollution (uncountable)
  1. uncountableExcess noise which is unpleasant or harmful.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounannoying and potentially harmful environmental noise

Similar
sound pollution
Broader
pollution

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Translations

Afrikaans geraasbesoedeling
  • geraasbesoedelingexcessive noise
Arabic تَلَوُّث ضَوْضَائِيّ
  • تَلَوُّث ضَوْضَائِيّ (talawwuṯ ḍawḍāʔiyy)excessive noise
Basque soinu kutsadura
  • soinu kutsaduraexcessive noise
Catalan contaminació acústica
  • contaminació acústicaexcessive noise
Chinese Mandarin 噪音污染
  • 噪音污染 (zàoyīn wūrǎn)excessive noise
Czech hlukové znečištění
  • hlukové znečištěníexcessive noise
Dutch geluidsoverlast, geluidshinder
  • geluidsoverlastexcessive noise
  • geluidshinderexcessive noise
  • geluidsvervuilingexcessive noise
Finnish melusaaste
  • melusaasteexcessive noise
French nuisance sonore, pollution sonore
  • nuisance sonoreexcessive noise
  • pollution sonoreexcessive noise
German Lärmbelastung
  • Lärmbelastungexcessive noise
Greek ηχορύπανση
  • ηχορύπανση (ichorýpansi)excessive noise
Hindi ध्वनि प्रदूषण
  • ध्वनि प्रदूषण (dhvani pradūṣaṇ)excessive noise
Hungarian hangszennyezés
  • hangszennyezésexcessive noise
Italian inquinamento acustico
  • inquinamento acusticoexcessive noise
Japanese 騒音公害
  • 騒音公害 (sōon kōgai)excessive noise
Korean 소음 공해
  • 소음 공해 (so'eum gonghae)excessive noise
Latin sonitus pollutio
  • sonitus pollutioexcessive noise
Portuguese poluição sonora
  • poluição sonoraexcessive noise
Russian шумово́е загрязне́ние
  • шумово́е загрязне́ние (šumovóje zagrjaznénije)excessive noise
Spanish contaminación acústica
  • contaminación acústicaexcessive noise
Swedish ljudförorening, buller
  • ljudföroreningexcessive noise
  • bullerexcessive noise
Thai มลภาวะทางเสียง, มลพิษทางเสียง
  • มลภาวะทางเสียงexcessive noise
  • มลพิษทางเสียงexcessive noise
Turkish gürültü kirliliği
  • gürültü kirliliğiexcessive noise
Vietnamese ô nhiễm tiếng ồn
  • ô nhiễm tiếng ồnexcessive noise
Zulu ongcolile nomsindo
  • ongcolile nomsindoexcessive noise
Cite this entry
APA

noise pollution. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noise%20pollution

MLA

“noise pollution.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noise%20pollution. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “noise pollution,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/noise%20pollution.

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