Dictionary

soundscape en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈsaʊndskeɪp/

Etymology

Etymology tree English sound English landscapebf. English -scape English soundscape From sound + -scape.

Meanings

1. An acoustic environment, a virtual/emotional environment created using sound.
   • 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. 1958, British Broadcasting Corporation, The Listener, volume 59, page 475:
2. An electroacoustic musical composition creating a sound portrait of a sound environment.

Forms

Deriveds

soundscapist

Translations (23)

nb lydlandskap (virtual/emotional environment created using sound) · de Klanggemälde (electroacoustic musical composition) · sv ljudbild (virtual/emotional environment created using sound) · nn ljodlandskap (virtual/emotional environment created using sound) · hu hangzáskép (virtual/emotional environment created using sound) · hu hangkép (virtual/emotional environment created using sound) · fi äänimaailma (virtual/emotional environment created using sound) · pt paisagem sonora (virtual/emotional environment created using sound) · hu hangkörnyezet (virtual/emotional environment created using sound) · da lydlandskab (virtual/emotional environment created using sound) · fy lûdbyld (virtual/emotional environment created using sound) · nl klankbeeld (virtual/emotional environment created using sound) · hu hangfestmény (electroacoustic musical composition) · nl geluidslandschap (virtual/emotional environment created using sound) · de Klanglandschaft (virtual/emotional environment created using sound) · cmn 声景 (virtual/emotional environment created using sound) · nl klanklandschap (virtual/emotional environment created using sound) · hu hangtáj (virtual/emotional environment created using sound) · sv ljudlandskap (virtual/emotional environment created using sound) · hu hangtér (virtual/emotional environment created using sound) · fi äänimaisema (virtual/emotional environment created using sound) · hu hangpanoráma (virtual/emotional environment created using sound) · hu hangzástér (virtual/emotional environment created using sound)

soundscape en · VERB

Pronunciation

• /ˈsaʊndskeɪp/

Etymology

Etymology tree English sound English landscapebf. English -scape English soundscape From sound + -scape.

Meanings

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.

Forms