nuisance

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman nusaunce, nussance etc., from Old French nuisance, from nuisir (“to harm”) (, from Latin noceō (“I harm”), nocēre).

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈnuːsəns/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈnjuːsəns/

nuisance (plural nuisances)

1. A minor annoyance or inconvenience.
2. A person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience.
   • 2017 March 14, Stuart James, “Leicester stun Sevilla to reach last eight after Kasper Schmeichel save”, in the Guardian‎:

     With Vardy working tirelessly up front, chasing lost causes and generally making a nuisance of himself, Sevilla were never allowed to settle on a night when the atmosphere was electric inside the King Power Stadium.

3. (law) Anything harmful or offensive to the community or to a member of it, for which a legal remedy exists.

   a public nuisance

• (minor annoyance or inconvenience): annoyance, inconvenience, offense
• (person or thing causing annoyance or inconvenience): bother, obstacle, pest

• (minor annoyance or inconvenience): enjoyment

• nuisance call
• nuisance tax

• nuisance on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

From Old French nuisance, from nuisir (“to harm”) (compare also French nuire), from Latin noceō (“I harm”), nocēre; may correspond to Late Latin nocēntia.

• IPA^(key): /nɥi.zɑ̃s/
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

nuisance f (plural nuisances)

1. pollution

   Les nuisances sonores sont un véritable fléau dans ce quartier.

• nuire

• “nuisance” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).