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alarm
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)
- A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.
- 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.
- A sudden attack; disturbance.
- Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.
- A mechanical device for awaking people, or rousing their attention.
- 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)
(Can we add an example for this sense?)
- (transitive) To call to arms for defense
- (transitive) To give (someone) notice of approaching danger
- (transitive) To rouse to vigilance and action; to put on the alert.
- (transitive) To surprise with apprehension of danger; to fill with anxiety in regard to threatening evil; to excite with sudden fear.
- (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)
- (army) alarm
- Synonym: kushtrim
- (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
- 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)
- 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)
- 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)
- 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
- alarm
- 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 ??????)
- alarm
Declension
Derived terms
References
- “alarm” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
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disgust
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French desgouster, from Old French desgouster (“to put off one's appetite”), from des- (“dis-”) + gouster, goster (“to taste”), from Latin gustus (“a tasting”).
Pronunciation
- enPR: d?s-g?st?
- IPA(key): /d?s???st/, [d?s?k?st]
- Rhymes: -?st
- Hyphenation: dis?gust
- Homophone: discussed
Verb
disgust (third-person singular simple present disgusts, present participle disgusting, simple past and past participle disgusted)
- To cause an intense dislike for something.
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V
- It is impossible to convey, in words, any idea of the hideous phantasmagoria of shifting limbs and faces which moved through the evil-smelling twilight of this terrible prison-house. Callot might have drawn it, Dante might have suggested it, but a minute attempt to describe its horrors would but disgust.
- 1874, Marcus Clarke, For the Term of His Natural Life Chapter V
Translations
Noun
disgust (uncountable)
- An intense dislike or loathing someone feels for something bad or nasty.
- With an air of disgust, she stormed out of the room.
Translations
Further reading
- disgust in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- disgust in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- disgust at OneLook Dictionary Search
Catalan
Etymology
dis- +? gust
Noun
disgust m (plural disgusts or disgustos)
- displeasure
- Antonym: plaer
Derived terms
- disgustar
Further reading
- “disgust” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “disgust” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “disgust” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “disgust” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
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