soundscape

English

Etymology

sound +‎ -scape

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /saʊndskeɪp/

  Rhymes: -eɪp

Noun

soundscape (plural soundscapes)

1. An acoustic environment, a virtual/emotional environment created using sound.
   • 1958, British Broadcasting Corporation, The Listener, volume 59, page 475:

     Kleist’s drama is in that tradition and Mr. Bakewell was always in command of it. His soundscape of the field of Fehrbellin presented a tremendous panorama to the mind’s eye.

2. An electroacoustic musical composition creating a sound portrait of a sound environment.

Translations

virtual/emotional environment created using sound

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 声景 (shēng jǐng)

• Danish: lydlandskab n
• Dutch: geluidslandschap, klanklandschap, klankbeeld (nl)
• Finnish: äänimaailma, äänimaisema sg
• German: Klanglandschaft
• Hungarian: hangkörnyezet, hangzástér, hangtér, hangtáj, hangpanoráma, hangzáskép, hangkép (hu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: lydlandskap n

  Nynorsk: ljodlandskap n

• Portuguese: paisagem sonora f
• Swedish: ljudbild c, ljudlandskap n
• West Frisian: lûdbyld n

electroacoustic musical composition

• German: Klanggemälde n
• Hungarian: hangfestmény

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• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} soundscape (nl)
• French: ^{(please verify)} soundscape (fr)
• German: ^{(please verify)} soundscape
• Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} נופצליל (noftslil), נוף או סביבה קולית, מוזיקה סביבתית

Verb

soundscape (third-person singular simple present soundscapes, present participle soundscaping, simple past and past participle soundscaped)

1. To establish or define an acoustic environment, either a virtual one created using sound or a physical one created architecturally to have specific effects on sound.
   • For quotations using this term, see Citations:soundscaped.