Kilo Lingo

/nɔɪz/

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Translation

A loud or unpleasant sound.

Word origin

From Old French noise, meaning a quarrel or a din, probably from Latin nausea.

Origin
Old French
Root
noise
English cognates
noisy, nausea

Grammar

Gender
Pluralnoises

Examples

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A "noise" is a sound you usually do not want.

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"Noise" is countable when you mean one particular sound.

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With "much" it is uncountable, so there is no s.

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This word is part of lesson 25.