tocsin

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(tŏk'sĭn) pronunciation
n.
    1. An alarm sounded on a bell.
    2. A bell used to sound an alarm.
  1. A warning; an omen.

[French, alteration of toquassen, from Old French touque-sain, from Old Provençal tocasenh : tocar, to strike (from Vulgar Latin *toccāre) + senh, bell (from Late Latin signum , from Latin, signal; see sign).]


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noun

    A signal that warns of imminent danger: alarm, alarum, alert, warning. See warn/invite.

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pronunciation

IN BRIEF: A bell used to sound an alarm.

pronunciation The tocsin you hear today is not an alarm but an alert: it sounds the charge against our enemies. — Georges Jacques Danton (1759-1794)

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Tocsin may refer to:

Codewords

  • TOCSIN - the codeword attached by the Royal Observer Corps to any reading on the Bomb Power Indicator after a nuclear strike on the United Kingdom during the Cold War
  • Tocsin Bang - the codeword attached by the Royal Observer Corps to any reading on the AWDREY instrument after a nuclear strike on the United Kingdom during the Cold War

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - alarmklokke, stormsignal

Nederlands (Dutch)
noodklok

Français (French)
n. - (lit, fig) tocsin

Deutsch (German)
n. - Alarmglocke, Warnsignal

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κουδούνι ή κουδούνισμα συναγερμού

Italiano (Italian)
campana d'allarme

Português (Portuguese)
n. - toque de rebate (m), sino de alarme (m)

Русский (Russian)
набатный колокол, набат, сигнал тревоги

Español (Spanish)
n. - rebato, señal de alarma

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - varningssignal, stormklocka

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
警钟, 警报

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 警鐘, 警報

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 경종, 경보

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 警鐘, 警報

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ناقوس, ألخطر‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮פעמון אזעקה, אות אזעקה‬


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