soundscape

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. A soundscape composition, an electroacoustic musical composition creating a sound portrait of a sound environment.

Translations

virtual/emotional environment created using sound

German: Klanglandschaft

Portuguese: paisagem sonora f

electroacoustic musical composition

German: Klanggemälde n

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Dutch: (please verify) soundscape 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 of use of this term, see Citations:soundscaped.