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fire alarm en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From fire + alarm.

Meanings

1. An electromechanical or electronic bell, klaxon, chime, horn, speaker, strobe light or other device which warns people in a building etc. of a possible fire or other condition requiring evacuation.
   • Should the automatic fire alarm sound, the gas from the [carbon dioxide] bottles may be released in the engine compartment by operating a pull handle in the driver's cab. 1958 June 14, “Main-Line Diesel-Electric Locomotives for the Eastern Region”, in Railway Magazine, page 395:
2. The sound or other warning made by a fire alarm.
3. An emergency response to a fire by the fire department with manpower and equipment.
   • A four fire-alarm fire ripped through a row of 2.5 story frame dwellings during the early morning hours

Forms

Deriveds

fire alarm horn · fire alarm pull station · fire alarm system · pull the fire alarm

Translations (58)

ja 火災警報 (sound or other warning made by a fire alarm) · fi palohälytin (device which warns people of a possible fire) · pdt Aunmalda (device which warns people of a possible fire) · da udrykning (response to a fire by the fire department) · es alarma de incendios (device which warns people of a possible fire) · de Feuermelder (device which warns people of a possible fire) · io incendio-avertilo (device which warns people of a possible fire) · ga rabhadh dóiteáin (sound or other warning made by a fire alarm) · no brannutrykning (response to a fire by the fire department) · ms penggera kebakaran (device which warns people of a possible fire) · it allarme antincendio (device which warns people of a possible fire) · km សំឡេងរោទ៍ភ្លើង (device which warns people of a possible fire) · cmn 火警出勤 (response to a fire by the fire department) · da brandalarm (device which warns people of a possible fire) · de Feueralarm (device which warns people of a possible fire) · vi thiết bị báo cháy (device which warns people of a possible fire) · ko 화재경보 (response to a fire by the fire department) · ko 화재경보 (sound or other warning made by a fire alarm) · cmn 火災報警器 /火灾报警器 (device which warns people of a possible fire) · ja 火災報知器 (device which warns people of a possible fire) · el συναγερμός πυρκαγιάς (device which warns people of a possible fire) · pt alarme de incêndio (sound or other warning made by a fire alarm) · fi hälytys (response to a fire by the fire department) · no brannalarm (sound or other warning made by a fire alarm) · ja 火災警報器 (device which warns people of a possible fire) · es alarma antiincendios / contraincendios (device which warns people of a possible fire) · cmn 火警 (device which warns people of a possible fire) · nn brannalarm (device which warns people of a possible fire) · nl brandalarm (device which warns people of a possible fire) · da brandalarm (sound or other warning made by a fire alarm) · sv brandlarm (sound or other warning made by a fire alarm) · fr alarme incendie (device which warns people of a possible fire) · pt alarme de incêndio (device which warns people of a possible fire) · kk өртхабарлағыш (device which warns people of a possible fire) · ja 火災警報機 (device which warns people of a possible fire) · nl brandschel (device which warns people of a possible fire) · sv brandkårsutryckning (response to a fire by the fire department) · tl alarma sa usok (device which warns people of a possible fire) · ru пожа́рная трево́га (device which warns people of a possible fire) · fi palovaroitin (device which warns people of a possible fire) · nl brandalarm (sound or other warning made by a fire alarm) · es alarma anti-incendio (device which warns people of a possible fire) · cmn 火災警報 /火灾警报 (sound or other warning made by a fire alarm) · ga aláram dóiteáin (device which warns people of a possible fire) · fr avertisseur d'incendie (device which warns people of a possible fire) · ko 화재경보기 (device which warns people of a possible fire) · ja 火災報知機 (device which warns people of a possible fire) · fo eldvarnari (device which warns people of a possible fire) · fi palohälytys (sound or other warning made by a fire alarm) · nl brandmelder (device which warns people of a possible fire) · nb brannalarm (device which warns people of a possible fire) · is brunaboði (device which warns people of a possible fire) · sv brandlarm (device which warns people of a possible fire) · cmn 消防出動 /消防出动 (response to a fire by the fire department) · fr alarme incendie (sound or other warning made by a fire alarm) · hu tűzjelző (device which warns people of a possible fire) · ja 火災警報 (response to a fire by the fire department) · da brandudrykning (response to a fire by the fire department)