Definition
Units used to measure the loudness or intensity of sound, where higher numbers mean louder sounds.
Etymology
From 'deci-' (one-tenth, from Latin 'decem' meaning 'ten') plus 'bel,' named after Alexander Graham Bell. Physicists created this logarithmic scale in the 1920s to measure sound intensity.
Kelly Says
The decibel scale is logarithmic, not linear—so 80 decibels isn't twice as loud as 40 decibels, it's 10,000 times more intense—which is why rock concerts (110 dB) feel unbearably louder than normal conversation (60 dB).
Translations
AMአማርኛ
ደሴibel (Desi-bel)
deh-si-bel
ARالعربية
ديسيبل (dēsibel)
deh-si-bel
BNবাংলা
ডেসিবেল (Desibel)
deh-si-bel
CACatalà
decibels
deh-si-bels
CSČeština
decibel
deh-si-bel
DADansk
decibel
deh-si-bel
DEDeutsch
Dezibel
de-zi-bel
ELΕλληνικά
δεσιβέλ (desibel)
deh-si-bel
ESEspañol
decibelios
deh-si-BEH-li-os
FAفارسی
دسیبل (Desibel)
deh-si-bel
FISuomi
desibel
deh-si-bel
FRFrançais
décibels
deh-si-bel
GUGU
ડેસીબેલ (Dēsibēla)
deh-si-bel-a
HEעברית
דציבל (d'si-bel)
d'si-bel
HIहिन्दी
डेसिबेल (Desibel)
deh-si-bel
HUMagyar
decibel
deh-si-bel
IDBahasa Indonesia
desibel
deh-si-bel
ITItaliano
decibel
deh-si-bel
JA日本語
デシベル (Desibēru)
deh-si-be-ru
KKKK
децибел (decibel)
deh-si-bel
KMKM
ដិស៊ីប៊ែល (Disi-bel)
di-si-bel
KO한국어
데시벨 (Desi-beol)
deh-si-be-ol
MRMR
डेसिबल (Desibel)
deh-si-bel
MSBahasa Melayu
desibel
deh-si-bel
MYမြန်မာ
ဒေစီဘယ် (Dēsi-bē)
deh-si-beh
NLNederlands
decibel
deh-si-bel
NONorsk
desibel
deh-si-bel
PAPA
ਡੇਸੀਬਲ (Desibel)
deh-si-bel
PLPolski
dekibely
deh-ki-bel-i
PTPortuguês
decibéis
deh-si-BEH-is
RORomână
decibeli
deh-si-be-li
RUРусский
децибел
deh-si-bel
SVSvenska
decibel
deh-si-bel
SWKiswahili
desibel
deh-si-bel
TAதமிழ்
டிஎஸ்பி (Tiesupi)
ti-es-pi
TEతెలుగు
డిసైబుల్ (Disaibuul)
di-sai-buul
THไทย
เดซิเบล (De-si-bel)
deh-si-bel
TRTürkçe
desibel
deh-si-bel
UKУкраїнська
децибел
deh-si-bel
URاردو
ڈسیبل (D'sibel)
d'si-bel
VITiếng Việt
decibel
deh-si-bel