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-Definition(/s)
-Synonym
-Translation in french

Acoustic(s)

-The total effect of sound, especially as produced in an enclosed space/Not having electrical amplification

-Sound quality

-Les acoustique(s)

Amplify

-To increase the amplitude of..

-Increase/Instensify

-Amplifier

Amplitude

-Scientific term for "Intensity"

Complex (sound)

-Composed of many related parts

-Mixed/heterogeneous

-Un (son) complexe/compliqué

Compression

-The state of being compressed

-Condensation

-Une compression

Echo

-Repetition of a sound

-Reflection

-Un echo

Emphasis (of)..

-Something that is given importance

-Importance/Prominence

-Mettre un accent sur.. / de l’importance sur..

Frequency

-The number of times a specified periodic phenomenon occurs within a specified interval

-Periodicity/oscillation

-La fréquence

Harmonic

-Relating to a series of oscillations in which each oscillation has a frequency that is an integral multiple of the same basic frequency

-Harmonious/melodic

-Harmonique

Harmonics

-The science of musical sounds/The partials or overtones of a fundamental tone

-Musical accordance

-Harmoniques

Infrasound

-Sound with frequencies below the audible range (< 20 Hz)

-/

-Un infrason

Intensity (sound)

-Great energy, strength, or force

-Power

-L'intensité (sonore)

Longitudinal (wave)

-Extending in the direction of the length

-/

-Une (onde) longitudinal(e)

Medium

-The whole of air particles (atoms…) interacting, which enables the acoustic wave to exist.

-Ambient

-Un milieu

Musical sound

-Idem dem sound

-Music/Melody

-Son musical

Noise

-(In a pessimistic way) a loud, harsh, or confused kind of sound/A non harmonious or discordant (group of) sound(s)/Sound that is loud or not harmonious

-Blast/cacophony

-Un/des bruit(s)

Octave

-A tone on the eighth degree from a given musical tone.

-/

-Une octave

Oddly

-Singular or peculiar in a strange way

-Curiously

-Bizarrement/Curieusement

Pattern

-A form or model proposed for imitation

-Model

-Un motif

Pitch

-To set at a particular pitch, or determine the keynote of .. (a melody).

-Tone of sound

-Hauteur du son

Pure (sound)

-Not changed by mixing

-Simple/Unmixed

-Pur

Rarefaction

-The state of being less dense

-/

-Raréfaction

Ratio

-Proportional relation/Rate

-Proportion/quota

-Ratio/rapport/taux

Resonance

-Amplification of the range of audibility of any source of speech sounds, by various couplings of the cavities of the mouth, nose, sinuses, but also of objects, instruments,.. /State of a system in which an abnormally large vibration is produced in response to an external stimulus, occurring when the frequency of the stimulus is the same, or nearly the same, as the natural vibration frequency of the system.

-Sonority/vibration

-La résonance

 

Sawtooth wave

-The sawtooth wave (or saw wave) is a kind of non-sinusoidal waveform

-/

-Une onde en dent de scie

 

Scale

-Graduated system

-Range/proportion

-Une échelle / un barème

Signal

-Representation of a wave (frequency)

-/

-Un signal

Sound

-Vibrations transmitted through an elastic solid or a liquid or gas, with frequencies in the approximate range of 20 to 20,000 hertz, capable of being detected by human organs of hearing/Transmitted vibrations of any frequency/The sensation stimulated in the organs of hearing by such vibrations in the air or other medium.

-Something heard or audible.

-Le son

Sound level

-Force of a sound

-/

-Un niveau sonore

Sound wave

-Wave producing an audible sensation

-Acoustic wave

-Une onde sonore

Spectrum

-Representation of the frequency of a sound

-/

-Un spectre

Threshold (of pain/ or of audibility)

-The point at which something begins to take effect

-Start/beginning

-Seuil

Timbre

-The special, usually unique quality of sound produced by a particular instrument or voice;
tone color

-Tone

-Le timbre

Tone

 -Scientific term for "Timbre"

Ultrasound

-Sound with a frequency greater than 20 kHz, close to the upper limit of human hearing

-/

-Un ultrason

Vibration

-A rapid linear motion of a particle or of an elastic solid / A periodic process

-Reverberation, oscillation

-Une vibration

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