see|Alarm

English

Etymology
French alarme > Italian all'arme! (to arms!, to the weapons!) > Latin arma, armorum.

Pronunciation
IPA: WEAE /��.l�ɹm/
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Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��(r)m|-��(r)m

Noun
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1. A summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy.

#: Arming to answer in a night alarm. --Shak.

1. 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. --Joel ii. 1.
#: Thy palace fill with insults and alarms. --Pope.

1. Sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger; in the military use, commonly, sudden apprehension of being attacked by surprise.

#: Alarm and resentment spread throughout the camp. --Macaulay.

1. A mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep, or rousing their attention; an alarum.

Translations
trans-top|a summons to arms, as on the approach of an enemy
Finnish: hälytys
German: Alarm m
Hungarian: fegyverbe, riadó
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Portuguese: alarme m
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trans-top|any sound or information intended to give notice of approaching danger
Finnish: hälytys
German: Alarm m, Alarmsignal n
Hungarian: riadó
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Portuguese: alarme m
Scottish Gaelic: rabhadh m
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trans-top|sudden surprise with fear or terror excited by apprehension of danger
Finnish: pelästyminen
German: Alarmstimmung f
Hungarian: ijedtség, riadalom
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Portuguese: alarme m
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trans-top|a mechanical contrivance for awaking persons from sleep
Finnish: herätyskello, hälytin, varoitin
German: Wecker m
Hungarian: ébreszt�
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Portuguese: alarme m
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ttbc|Catalan: alarma
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See also
tocsin

Verb
en-verb

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

Translations
trans-top|To call to arms; to give notice of approaching danger
Finnish: hälyttää
German: Alarm schlagen italbrac|intransitive, alarmieren italbrac|transitive
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trans-top|To keep in excitement; to disturb
Finnish: huolestuttaa
German: in Alarmstimmung versetzen
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trans-top|To surprise with apprehension of danger
Finnish: pelästyttää
German: alarmieren
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ttbc|Catalan: alarmar
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Related terms
Alarm clock

References
R:1913

Croatian

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