"cacophony" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /kəˈkɒfəni/ [UK], /kəˈkɑfəni/ [US] Audio: en-us-cacophony.ogg , en-au-cacophony.ogg Forms: cacophonies [plural]
Etymology: From French cacophonie, from Ancient Greek κακοφωνία (kakophōnía), from κακός (kakós, “bad”) + φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”), equivalent to caco- + -phony. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|cacophonie}} French cacophonie, {{der|en|grc|κακοφωνία}} Ancient Greek κακοφωνία (kakophōnía), {{af|en|caco-|-phony}} caco- + -phony Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cacophony (countable and uncountable, plural cacophonies)
  1. A mix of discordant sounds; dissonance. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Sounds Hypernyms: disorder, sound Derived forms: cacophonic, cacophonical, cacophonous, castrophony Related terms: anthropophony, cacophonous, dissonance, harmony, harshness, din Translations (mix of discordant sounds; dissonance): 不協和音 (Chinese Mandarin), 不协和音 (bùxiéhéyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 雜音 (Chinese Mandarin), 杂音 (záyīn) (Chinese Mandarin), kakofonie [feminine] (Czech), kakofoni [common-gender] (Danish), kakofonie [feminine] (Dutch), malbelsoneco (Esperanto), malbonsoneco (Esperanto), kakofonia (Finnish), cacophonie [feminine] (French), cacofonía [feminine] (Galician), კაკაფონია (ḳaḳaponia) (Georgian), Kakophonie [feminine] (German), Kakofonie [feminine] (German), Katzenmusik [feminine] (German), κακοφωνία (kakofonía) [feminine] (Greek), કર્કશોચ્ચાર (karkaśoccār) (Gujarati), קקופוניה (kakofonyah) [feminine] (Hebrew), cacofonia [feminine] (Italian), 不協和音 (fukyō waon) (alt: ふきょうわおん) (Japanese), какофо́нија (kakofónija) [feminine] (Macedonian), pararētanga (Maori), matioke (Maori), tātākī (Maori), kakofoni [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), kakofoni [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), صدای گوشخراش (sedâ-ye guš-xarâš) (Persian), kakofonia [feminine] (Polish), cacofonia [feminine] (Portuguese), cacofonie [feminine] (Romanian), какофо́ния (kakofónija) [feminine] (Russian), kakofónia [feminine] (Slovak), cacofonía [feminine] (Spanish), kakofoni [common-gender] (Swedish), dihunig (Tagalog), какофонія (kakofonija) [feminine] (Ukrainian), mimusig (Volapük), amherseinedd [masculine] (Welsh)
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Inflected forms

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          "word": "cacophonic"
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          "word": "cacophonical"
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          "word": "cacophonous"
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          "word": "castrophony"
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        {
          "text": "1921-1922, H. P. Lovecraft, Herbert West: Reanimator,\nNot more unutterable could have been the chaos of hellish sound if the pit itself had opened to release the agony of the damned, for in one inconceivable cacophony was centered all the supernal terror and unnatural despair of animate nature."
        },
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          "ref": "2021 February 3, Drachinifel, 10:55 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - Santa Cruz (IJN 2 : 2 USN), archived from the original on 2022-12-04:",
          "text": "The Japanese got their attack in first. About ten minutes after passing the U.S. aircraft, they spotted Hornet (local weather patterns temporarily concealing Enterprise). Things had improved a little bit compared to the Eastern Solomons, and three dozen F4F Wildcats on combat air patrol were vectored onto the oncoming hostiles, but once that initial task was accomplished, things began to collapse back into the cacophony and chaos that was all too familiar to those aboard the Enterprise, meaning that the end result was round about the same[…]",
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        {
          "ref": "2021 June 14, Scott Mullen, “Scotland 0-2 Czech Republic”, in BBC Sport:",
          "text": "A blistering start from the Scots served to steady the ship amid a cacophony that defied the quarter-full national stadium.",
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          "word": "disorder"
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          "word": "sound"
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          "word": "dissonance"
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          "word": "ear rape"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "word": "不協和音"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bùxiéhéyīn",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "word": "不协和音"
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          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
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          "roman": "záyīn",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "kakofonie"
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          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "kakofoni"
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          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "kakofonie"
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "word": "malbelsoneco"
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          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "word": "kakofonia"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "cacophonie"
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        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cacofonía"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ḳaḳaponia",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "word": "კაკაფონია"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Kakophonie"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Kakofonie"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "Katzenmusik"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "kakofonía",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "κακοφωνία"
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          "lang": "Gujarati",
          "roman": "karkaśoccār",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "word": "કર્કશોચ્ચાર"
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          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "kakofonyah",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "קקופוניה"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
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            "feminine"
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          "word": "cacofonia"
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        {
          "alt": "ふきょうわおん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "fukyō waon",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "word": "不協和音"
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          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "kakofónija",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "какофо́нија"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "word": "pararētanga"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "word": "matioke"
        },
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "word": "tātākī"
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
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          "word": "kakofoni"
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
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        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "sedâ-ye guš-xarâš",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "word": "صدای گوشخراش"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kakofonia"
        },
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          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cacofonia"
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        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "cacofonie"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kakofónija",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "какофо́ния"
        },
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          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "kakofónia"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "cacofonía"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
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            "common-gender"
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          "word": "kakofoni"
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        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "word": "dihunig"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "kakofonija",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "какофонія"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
          "word": "mimusig"
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        {
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
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        "Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations",
        "Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations",
        "Terms with Persian translations",
        "Terms with Polish translations",
        "Terms with Portuguese translations",
        "Terms with Romanian translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "Terms with Slovak translations",
        "Terms with Spanish translations",
        "Terms with Swedish translations",
        "Terms with Tagalog translations",
        "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
        "Terms with Volapük translations",
        "Terms with Welsh translations",
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          "ref": "2021 February 3, Drachinifel, 10:55 from the start, in Guadalcanal Campaign - Santa Cruz (IJN 2 : 2 USN), archived from the original on 2022-12-04:",
          "text": "The Japanese got their attack in first. About ten minutes after passing the U.S. aircraft, they spotted Hornet (local weather patterns temporarily concealing Enterprise). Things had improved a little bit compared to the Eastern Solomons, and three dozen F4F Wildcats on combat air patrol were vectored onto the oncoming hostiles, but once that initial task was accomplished, things began to collapse back into the cacophony and chaos that was all too familiar to those aboard the Enterprise, meaning that the end result was round about the same[…]",
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      "word": "caterwauling"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:cacophony",
      "word": "discord"
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      "source": "Thesaurus:cacophony",
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      "source": "Thesaurus:cacophony",
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "word": "不協和音"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bùxiéhéyīn",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "word": "不协和音"
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      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "word": "雜音"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "záyīn",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "word": "杂音"
    },
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kakofonie"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kakofoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kakofonie"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "word": "malbelsoneco"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "word": "kakofonia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cacophonie"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cacofonía"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ḳaḳaponia",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "word": "კაკაფონია"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kakophonie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Kakofonie"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Katzenmusik"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "kakofonía",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "κακοφωνία"
    },
    {
      "code": "gu",
      "lang": "Gujarati",
      "roman": "karkaśoccār",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "word": "કર્કશોચ્ચાર"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "kakofonyah",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "קקופוניה"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cacofonia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ふきょうわおん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "fukyō waon",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "word": "不協和音"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "kakofónija",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "какофо́нија"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "word": "pararētanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "word": "matioke"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "word": "tātākī"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kakofoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "kakofoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sedâ-ye guš-xarâš",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "word": "صدای گوشخراش"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kakofonia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cacofonia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cacofonie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kakofónija",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "какофо́ния"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "kakofónia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cacofonía"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "kakofoni"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "word": "dihunig"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "kakofonija",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "какофонія"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "word": "mimusig"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "mix of discordant sounds; dissonance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "amherseinedd"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cacophony"
}

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