English → Latin
“noise” in Latin
strepituswild din, noise, racket, crash; a measured soundfremōto murmur, mutter, grumble, growl at or after something; to complain loudly; to roar, growl, hum, rumble, buzz, howl, sncrepitusa rattling, creaking, rustling, clattering; flatulencesonōto sound, resound, make a sound or noise (and various sounds in-context); to sound, utter, speak, express, call; to cry strīdora harsh, shrill, hissing, grating, or creaking soundfragora breaking, shattering; a crash; an uproarmurmurmurmur, murmuring; humming, roaring, rumbling, growling, grumbling; rushing, crashingconcrepōto creak or grate; to sound, blare (as with lituus), rattle; to snap one's fingers
The English word noise itself goes back to Latin noxia, through nausia.
Riddle & Arnold A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon, 1864
noise
strepitus (a loud noise produced by things without life; also of an alarm given): fremitus (hollow sounds, caused especially by living creatures): crepitus (a flapping, clapping noise; e.g., of the wings of a bird flying; , of a door when opened, etc.): sonitus (a clear, loud sound): stridor (a shrill tremulous sound, as of a saw): fragor (a crash): murmur (the murmuring, gurgling sound of water): without noise, sine strepitu; sine sonitu [☞ NOISELESS]: to make a noise, strepere strepitum edere; fremere; concrepare.
Quick answer
- What is the Latin word for noise?
- The usual Latin words for “noise” are strepitus, fremō, crepitus; also sonō, strīdor, fragor. The right choice depends on the sense; see the distinctions below.
Entry from J. E. Riddle & T. K. Arnold, A Copious and Critical English–Latin Lexicon (rev. C. Anthon, New York: Harper, 1864), digitised by Fergus J. P. Walsh, CC BY-SA 4.0; Latin markup adapted by latindictionary.co.