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🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

不協和音の

Pronunciation / Transliteration: fukyouwaon no

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Cacophonous/kəˈkɒf.ə.nəs/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"街の不協和音のざわめきが耳障りだった。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As adjective
  1. 1

    Involving or producing a harsh, discordant mixture of sounds.

    "The cacophonous clatter of the construction site woke the neighborhood at dawn."
  2. 2

    Unpleasant to the ear; grating or jarring in tone.

    "She cringed at the cacophonous notes produced by the beginner violin students."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Greek words 'kakos' meaning 'bad' or 'harsh' and 'phone' meaning 'voice' or 'sound', combined with the English adjectival suffix '-ous'. It entered the English language in the mid-17th century to describe unpleasant, discordant, and jarring auditory experiences.

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