din

Meaning

Noun

A loud noise; a cacophony or loud commotion.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To make a din, to resound.
2. (intransitive) (of a place) To be filled with sound, to resound.
3. (transitive) To assail (a person, the ears) with loud noise.
4. (transitive) To repeat (something) continuously, as though to the point of deafening or exhausting somebody, or (sometimes particularly) to impress or instill (it, into someone).

Synonyms

noise

ado

racket

uproar

hubbub

clamour

clamor

sound

🔉

clatter

tumult

row

fracas

blare

commotion

rumpus

ruckus

boom

💥

stir

blaring

pother

clangour

bedlam

clangor

clang

hullabaloo

vociferation

clack

clank

ruction

sensation

loud noise

quarrel

noisiness

noisy

crash

cacophony

pandemonium

loudness

rattle

beat in

clash

buzz

bustle

buffet

instill

clamouring

brouhaha

bang

hoo-ha

hob

Translations

Lärm

Krach

vacarme

herrie

lawaai

Getöse

rumoer

chiasso

rumore

baccano

frastuono

ruido

alboroto

bruit

gürültü

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪn/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: dynne

Inherited from Old English: dyne

Cognate with English: tone

Cognate with Sanskrit: धुनि

Cognate with Old Norse: dynr

Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk: dynja

Cognate with Swedish: dån

Inherited from Middle English: dynnen

Inherited from Old English: dynnan

In summary

From Middle English dyne, dynne, from Old English dyne, from Proto-West Germanic *duni, from Proto-Germanic *duniz, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰún-is, from *dʰwen- (“to make a noise”).
Cognate with English tone, Sanskrit धुनि (dhúni, “sounding”), ध्वनति (dhvánati, “to make a noise, to roar”), Old Norse dynr, Norwegian Nynorsk dynja, Swedish dån, dön.