different between alarm vs concern

English

Alternative forms

• alarum

Etymology

From Middle English alarme, alarom, borrowed from Middle French alarme, itself from Old Italian all'arme! (“to arms!, to the weapons!”), ultimately from Latin arma (“arms, weapons”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??l??m/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /??l??m/
• Hyphenation: alarm
• Rhymes: -??(?)m

Noun

alarm (countable and uncountable, plural alarms)

1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
2. Any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger; a warning sound to arouse attention; a warning of danger.

   • Sound an alarm in my holy mountain.
3. A sudden attack; disturbance.
4. Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
5. A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.

6. An instance of an alarm ringing, beeping or clanging, to give a noise signal at a certain time.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• tocsin

Verb

alarm (third-person singular simple present alarms, present participle alarming, simple past and past participle alarmed)

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1. (transitive) To call to arms for defense
2. (transitive) To give (someone) notice of approaching danger
3. (transitive) To rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.
4. (transitive) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
5. (transitive) To keep in excitement; to disturb.

Derived terms

Translations

References

• alarm in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• LRAAM, Lamar, Marla, malar, marla, ramal

Albanian

Etymology

From French alarme (“alarm”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ala?m/

Noun

alárm m (indefinite plural alárme, definite singular alármi, definite plural alármet)

1. (army) alarm

   Synonym: kushtrim

2. (figuratively) anxiety

   Synonym: shqetësim

Declension

Derived terms

• alarmim m (gerund)
• alarmoj (active)
• alarmohem (passive)
• alarmonjës
• alarmuar (participle)
• alarmues m
• alarmuese f

Further reading

• Oda Buchholz, Wilfried Fiedler, Gerda Uhlisch (2000) Langenscheidt Handwörterbuch Albanisch, Langenscheidt Verlag, ?ISBN, page 32 (noun alárm/alarm)
• [1] m. noun alárm/alarm (engl. alarm) • Fjalor Shqip (Albanian Dictionary)

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?alarm]

Noun

alarm m

1. alarm

Related terms

• alarmismus
• alarmista
• alarmistický
• alarmní

Further reading

• alarm in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• alarm in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
• alarm in Akademický slovník cizích slov, 1995, at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz

Dutch

Etymology

Ultimately from Italian all' arme (“to arms”), allarme; cf. also French alarme. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a??l?rm/
• Hyphenation: alarm
• Rhymes: -?rm

Noun

alarm n (plural alarmen, diminutive alarmpje n)

1. alarm

Derived terms

Related terms

• alarmeren

Anagrams

• Almar

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian all' arme (“to arms”) and allarme, via French alarme

Noun

alarm m (definite singular alarmen, indefinite plural alarmer, definite plural alarmene)

1. an alarm

Derived terms

References

• “alarm” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian all' arme (“to arms”) and allarme, via French alarme

Noun

alarm m (definite singular alarmen, indefinite plural alarmar, definite plural alarmane)

1. an alarm

Derived terms

References

• “alarm” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

From French alarme, from Italian all'arme (“to arms”). Cf. French alarme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?a.larm/

Noun

alarm m inan

1. alarm
2. The state of being alerted

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• alarm in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From French alarme.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?larm/
• Hyphenation: a?larm

Noun

àlarm m (Cyrillic spelling ??????)

1. alarm

Declension

Derived terms

References

• “alarm” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French concerner, from Medieval Latin concern?, concernere (“I distinguish, have respect to”), from Latin concern? (“I mix, sift, or mingle together, as in a sieve”), combined form of con- + cern? (“distinguish”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /k?n?s?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /k?n?s??n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n
• Hyphenation: con?cern

Noun

concern (countable and uncountable, plural concerns)

1. That which affects one’s welfare or happiness. A matter of interest to someone.

   Synonym: interest

2. The expression of solicitude, anxiety, or compassion toward a thing or person.
3. A business, firm or enterprise; a company.

4. (programming) Any set of information that affects the code of a computer program.
   • 2006, Awais Rashid, Mehmet Aksit, Transactions on Aspect-Oriented Software Development II, page 148:

     At the programming level, an aspect is a modular unit that implements a concern.

Translations

Further reading

• concern in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• concern in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Verb

concern (third-person singular simple present concerns, present participle concerning, simple past and past participle concerned)

1. (transitive) To relate or belong to; to have reference to or connection with; to affect the interest of; to be of importance to.
   • 1611, Bible (KJV), Acts xxviii. 31

     Preaching the kingdom of God, and teaching those things which concern the Lord Jesus Christ.

   • 1708, Joseph Addison, The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation

     our wars with France have always affected us in our most tender interests, and concerned us more than those we have had with any other nation

   • 1821, James Fenimore Cooper, The Spy

     ignorant, so far as the usual instruction was concerned
2. (transitive) To engage by feeling or sentiment; to interest.
   • a. 1729, John Rogers, A Sufficiency adjusted and recommended

     They think themselves out the reach of Providence, and no longer concerned to solicit his favour.
3. (transitive) To make somebody worried.

Synonyms

• (to be of importance to): See also Thesaurus:pertain

Derived terms

• concernable

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English concern.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?s?rn/
• Hyphenation: con?cern
• Rhymes: -?rn

Noun

concern n (plural concerns, diminutive concerntje n)

1. company, business, concern

Derived terms

• chemieconcern