Alarum — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

an automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kæɹˈæntʃoʊ/

🇬🇧British English

/bˈɒɡtɹɒt/

🇮🇳Indian English

/bˈɒɡtɹɒt/

3 syllables Say it as /kæɹˈæntʃoʊ/.

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

alert warning signal alarm

Word Forms

alert

verb

warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness

Around the World

Europe

🇫🇷French

alarme

un signal automatique (généralement un son) avertissant d'un danger

🇪🇸Spanish

sonido del despertador

una señal automática (generalmente un sonido) que advierte de peligro

🇮🇹Italian

allarme

un segnale automatico (normalmente sonoro) di avvertimento di pericolo

🇳🇱Dutch

wekker

een automatisch signaal (meestal een geluid) dat waarschuwt voor gevaar

🇵🇹Portuguese

alarme

um sinal automático (geralmente um som) de alerta de perigo

🇷🇺Russian

тревога

автоматический сигнал (обычно звуковой), предупреждающий об опасности

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बेचैनी

खतरे की चेतावनी देने वाला एक स्वचालित संकेत (आमतौर पर एक ध्वनि)।

🇧🇩Bengali

অ্যালারাম

একটি স্বয়ংক্রিয় সংকেত (সাধারণত একটি শব্দ) বিপদের সতর্কতা

🇮🇳Tamil

அலாரம்

ஒரு தானியங்கி சமிக்ஞை (பொதுவாக ஒரு ஒலி) ஆபத்து எச்சரிக்கை

🇮🇳Telugu

అలారం

ఆటోమేటిక్ సిగ్నల్ (సాధారణంగా ధ్వని) ప్రమాద హెచ్చరిక

🇮🇳Marathi

गजर

स्वयंचलित सिग्नल (सामान्यत: आवाज) धोक्याची चेतावणी

🇮🇳Gujarati

એલારમ

સ્વયંસંચાલિત સંકેત (સામાન્ય રીતે ધ્વનિ) જોખમની ચેતવણી

🇮🇳Kannada

ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆ

ಒಂದು ಸ್ವಯಂಚಾಲಿತ ಸಂಕೇತ (ಸಾಮಾನ್ಯವಾಗಿ ಧ್ವನಿ) ಅಪಾಯದ ಎಚ್ಚರಿಕೆ

🇮🇳Malayalam

അലാറം

ഒരു ഓട്ടോമാറ്റിക് സിഗ്നൽ (സാധാരണയായി ഒരു ശബ്ദം) അപകട മുന്നറിയിപ്പ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਅਲਾਰਮ

ਇੱਕ ਆਟੋਮੈਟਿਕ ਸਿਗਨਲ (ਆਮ ਤੌਰ 'ਤੇ ਇੱਕ ਆਵਾਜ਼) ਖ਼ਤਰੇ ਦੀ ਚੇਤਾਵਨੀ

🇵🇰Urdu

الارم

ایک خودکار سگنل (عام طور پر ایک آواز) خطرے کا انتباہ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

警报

危险的自动信号（通常是声音）警告

🇯🇵Japanese

アラーム

危険を警告する自動信号（通常は音）

🇰🇷Korean

경보기

위험을 경고하는 자동 신호(보통 소리)

🇻🇳Vietnamese

chuông reo

tín hiệu tự động (thường là âm thanh) cảnh báo nguy hiểm

🇹🇭Thai

สัญญาณเตือน

สัญญาณอัตโนมัติ (โดยปกติจะเป็นเสียง) เตือนถึงอันตราย

🇮🇩Indonesian

alarem

sinyal otomatis (biasanya berupa suara) peringatan bahaya

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

إنذار

إشارة تلقائية (عادة صوتية) للتحذير من الخطر

🇮🇷Persian

آلارم

یک سیگنال خودکار (معمولاً صوتی) هشدار دهنده خطر

🇹🇷Turkish

alarm

otomatik bir sinyal (genellikle bir ses) tehlike uyarısı

🇮🇱Hebrew

אלרום

אות אוטומטי (בדרך כלל צליל) המתריע מפני סכנה

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