noun, feminine/nɥi.zɑ̃s/plural: nuisances
nuisance; pollution
“Les nuisances sonores sont un véritable fléau dans ce quartier.” — Noise pollution is a real scourge in this neighbourhood.
Inherited from Old French nuisance, from nuisir (“to harm”) (compare also French nuire), from Latin nocēre; may correspond to Late Latin nocentia.