different between klaxon vs securityalarm

English

Etymology

From the trademark Klaxon, based on Ancient Greek ????? (kláz?, “make a sharp sound; scream”) (from Proto-Indo-European *glag- (“to make a noise, clap, twitter”), from *gal- (“to roop, scream, shout”)). The word was coined by Franklyn Hallett Lovell Jr., the founder of the Lovell-McConnell Manufacturing Co. of Newark, New Jersey, USA, which in 1908 obtained a licence of the patent to the machine generating the sound from American inventor Miller Reese Hutchison (1876–1944).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA^(key): /?klæks(?)n/
• Rhymes: -æks?n
• Hyphenation: klax?on

Noun

klaxon (plural klaxons)

1. A loud electric alarm or horn. [from 1908]

Alternative forms

• claxon

Translations

Verb

klaxon (third-person singular simple present klaxons, present participle klaxoning, simple past and past participle klaxoned)

1. (intransitive) To produce a loud, siren-like wail.

Derived terms

• klaxoning (noun)

Notes

References

Further reading

• vehicle horn – klaxon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English klaxon. Genericized trademark.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klak.s?n/, /klak.s??/

Noun

klaxon m (plural klaxons)

1. horn (of car)

Derived terms

• klaxonner

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English klaxon.

Noun

klaxon m (plural klaxons)

1. klaxon (a type of loud electric horn)

   Synonyms: cláxon, clácson