soundscape

noun

sound·​scape ˈsau̇n(d)-ˌskāp How to pronounce soundscape (audio)
: a mélange of musical and sometimes nonmusical sounds

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Tables are dotted with precious little broderie anglaise pot pourri bags, and Sonne’s siren-esque soundscape plays through the evening. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 26 June 2025 At night, instead of traffic and honking, your soundscape may include the croaking of frogs, the hooting of owls and, in the morning, a cacophony of birdsong as the forest awakens. Jaclyn Cosgrove, Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2025 Last year, at least one major film contender was known to have used AI in its soundscape, A24’s The Brutalist, but it was not nominated for a Golden Reel. Steven Zeitchik, HollywoodReporter, 12 June 2025 Polish-born and Paris-based, Piotr Kamler is an experimental animator whose work explores temporal distortions and spatial paradoxes, conjuring here a slow-creeping sense of entrapment intensified by an unnerving soundscape—a clear antecedent to Barker’s nightmarish visions. Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 21 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for soundscape

Word History

First Known Use

1964, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of soundscape was in 1964

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“Soundscape.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/soundscape. Accessed 5 Jul. 2025.

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