Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.

Definition: Alarm |
AlarmNoun1. Fear resulting from the awareness of danger. 2. A device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event. 3. An automatic signal (usually a sound) warning of danger. 4. A clock that wakes sleeper at preset time. Verb1. Fill with apprehension or alarm; cause to be unpleasantly surprised; "I was horrified at the thought of being late for my interview". 2. Warn or arouse to a sense of danger or call to a state of preparedness; "The empty house alarmed him"; "We alerted the new neighbors to the high rate of burglaries". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "alarm" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Bible | Alarm a particular quivering sound of the silver trumpets to give warning to the Hebrews on their journey through the wilderness (Num. 10:5, 6), a call to arms, or a war-note (Jer. 4:19; 49:2; Zeph. 1:16). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Labor | Call for help in case of accident. Source: European Union. (references) |
Literature | Alarm An outcry made to give notice of danger. (Italian, all' arme, "to arms;" French, alarme.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Public Administration | Alarm signal for alerting the fire service or people endangered by fire. Source: European Union. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Alarms are used in a variety of places to give warning of a problem. The commonest are burglar alarms, designed to warn of intrusions, and safety alarms, which go off if a dangerous condition occurs. Common public safety alarms include tornado sirens and fire alarms. See also air raid siren. Alarms, from innocuous sirens to actual smoke detectors, have the capability of causing a fight or flight response in humans; a person under this mindset will panic and either flee the perceived danger or attempt to eliminate it, often ignoring rational thought in either case.
With any kind of alarm, there is a need to balance between the danger of false alarms (called a false positive) -- the signal going off in the absence of a problem -- and failing to signal an actual problem (called a false negative). False alarms can be expensive to respond to, and even dangerous. For example, false alarms of a fire can waste firefighter manpower, making them unavailable for a real fire, and risk injury to firefighters and others as the fire engines race to the location where there is believed to be a fire. In addition, false alarms lead people to ignore the alarm signal, and thus possibly to ignore an actual emergency: this is the lesson of Aesop's fable of The Boy Who Cried Wolf.
Alarms are generated by distributed control manufacturing systems or DCS's found in nucleur power plants, refineries and chemical facilities. See Alarm management.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Alarm."
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
ALARM (Air Launched Anti Radar Missile) is a British missile designed primarily to destroy enemy radars for the purpose of suppression of enemy air defence.
History
Notes
ALARM is a fire-and-forget system, with an added loiter capability.
In loiter mode, ALARM will, when launched, climb to an altitude of 13 km. If the target radar shuts down, the missile will deploy a parachute and descend slowly until the radar lights up. The missile will then fire a secondary motor to attack the target.
Inventory
Combat Performance
ALARM has been used in these conflicts:
- 1991 Gulf War
- Kosovo War
- 2003 invasion of Iraq
Characteristics
- Primary Function: Suppression of enemy air defence
- Contractor: BAE SYSTEMS
- Power Plant:
- Length: 4.24 m
- Diameter: 23 cm
- Wing Span: 73 cm
- Launch Weight: 200 kg
- Speed:
- Warhead:
- Range: km
- Fuzes:
- Guidance system:
- Unit Cost:
- Date Deployed:
- Users:
- UK: various aircraft
See also
External link
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "ALARM."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
ALARM | English | Association for Legal Auto-Radio Measures | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonyms: AlarmSynonyms: alarm clock (n), alarm system (n), alarum (n), consternation (n), warning device (n), warning signal (n), alert (v), appal (v), appall (v), dismay (v), horrify (v). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Alarm | Verb: give the alarm, raise the alarm, sound the alarm, turn in the alarm, beat the alarm, give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm, turn in an alarm, beat an alarm; Noun: alarm; warn; ring the tocsin; battre la generale; cry wolf. |
Noun: alarm; alarum, larum, alarm bell, tocsin, alerts, beat of drum, sound of trumpet, note of alarm, hue and cry, fire cross, signal of distress; blue lights; war-cry, war-whoop; warning; fogsignal, foghorn; yellow flag; danger signal; red light, red flag; fire bell; police whistle. | |
False alarm, cry of wolf; bug-bear, bugaboo. | |
Danger | Cause for alarm; source of danger. rock ahead, breakers ahead; storm brewing; clouds in the horizon, clouds gathering; warning; alarm. |
Fear | Inspire fear, excite fear, inspire awe, excite awe; raise aprehensions; be in a daze, bulldoze; faze, feeze; give an alarm, raise an alarm, sound an alarm; alarm, startle, scare, cry " wolf," disquiet, dismay; fright, frighten, terrify; astound; fright from one's propriety; fright out of one's senses, fright out of one's wits, fright out of one's seven senses; awe; strike all of a heap, strike an awe into, strike terror; harrow up the soul, appall, unman, petrify, horrify; pile on the agony. |
Hesitate; (be irresolute); falter, funk, cower, crouch; skulk; (cowardice); let " I dare not" wait upon "I would "; take fright, take alarm; start, wince, flinch, shy, shrink; fly; (avoid). | |
Fright; affright, affrightment; boof alarm, dread, awe, terror, horror, dismay, consternation, panic, scare, stampede. | |
Indication | Wave a banner, unfurl a banner, hoist a banner, hang out a banner; Noun: wave the hand, wave a kerchief; give the cue; (inform); show one's colors; give an alarm, sound an alarm; beat the drum, sound the trumpets, raise a cry. |
Warning; omen; prefigurement. trace, record. warning; alarm. scepter. trophy. gauge. milestone, milepost. brand, fool's cap. check, telltale; test; (experiment); mileage ticket; milliary. | |
Instantaneity | Clock, wall clock, pendulum clock, grandfather's clock, cuckoo clock, alarm clock, clock radio; watch, pocket watch, stopwatch, Swiss watch; atomic clock, digital clock, analog clock, quartz watch, water clock; chronometer, chronoscope, chronograph; repeater; timekeeper, timepiece; dial, sundial, gnomon, horologe, pendulum, hourglass, clepsydra; ghurry. |
Insulation, Fire extinction | Fire alarm, evacuation alarm, |
Warning | Verb: warn, caution; forewarn, prewarn; admonish, premonish; give notice, give warning, dehort; menace; (threaten); put on one's guard; sound the alarm; croak. |
Noun: warning, early warning, caution, caveat; notice; (information); premonition, premonishment; prediction; contraindication, lesson, dehortation; admonition, monition; alarm. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | I spent the last of my life savings turning my van into a dog. It cost me 200 bucks for the alarm system alone (Dumb and Dumber; writing credit: Bobby Farrelly, Peter Farrelly, and Bennett Yellin.) That is my virgin alarm, it goes off before you do (Spaceballs; writing credit: Mel Brooks and Ronny Graham.) False alarm then (Arachnophobia; writing credit: Don Jakoby; Al Williams) If this turns out to be a false alarm, he'll make me out to be the biggest fool west of the Mississippi (Earthquake; writing credit: George Fox; Mario Puzo) I- I- I watched him for fifteen years, sitting in a room, staring at a wall, not seeing the wall, looking past the wall - looking at this night, inhumanly patient, waiting for some secret, silent alarm to trigger him off. Death has come to your little town, Sheriff (Halloween; writing credit: John Carpenter; Debra Hill) | |
Lyrics | But nobody heard the boy's cry of alarm. (Birdland; performing artist: Patti Smith) The six o'clock alarm would never ring (Daydream Believer; performing artist: The Monkees) If my burgular alarm starts ringin (Warning; performing artist: The Notorious B.I.G.) Car alarm won't let you back to sleep (Electrical Storm; performing artist: U2) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Polizeiruf 110 - Alarm am See (1973) Alarm (1969) Cat Alarm (1961) Alarm im Zirkus (1954) Claws for Alarm (1954) | |
Song Titles | Incense and Peppermints (performing artist: Strawberry Alarm Clock) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title | ||
References | |||
Books |
| ||
Theater & Movies | |||
Music |
| ||
High Tech |
| ||
Consumer Goods |
| ||
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | Natives capturing the sea-lion; springing the alarm Drawing by H. W. Elliott, 1873. Credit: National Marine Fisheries Historical Image Collection. | ![]() | Line engraving published in "Harper's Weekly", 14 July 1877, depicting (from top to bottom): "1. American Torpedo Vessel Alarm", with her torpedo projecting equipment deployed; "2. Outrigged Torpedo Pinnace attacking an Iron-clad"; "3. A Launch laying down Submarine Mines to protect Entrance to Harbor"; "4. Electrical Pinnace with Counter-Mines"; and "5. Whitehead Torpedo". This engraving accompanied an article entitled "Torpedo Warfare", which is reproduced in Photo # NH 95129 (extended caption). Credit: NAVY. |
![]() | Playing her searchlights on USS Alarm, at left, and USS Vesuvius, at right. Watercolor by Fred S. Cozzens, 1892, published as a chromolithograph in "Our Navy -- Its Growth and Achievements", 1897. Credit: NAVY. | ![]() | Indian alarm on the Cimarron River / E. Didier ; A.L. Dick. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | U.S. torpedo boat Alarm, [Brooklyn] Navy Yard, New York. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Blue jeans "will never wear out" : by Joseph Arthur, author of "The still alarm.". Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
![]() | ![]() |
| "Alarm clock" by Kemie Guaida Commentary: "White alarm clock, white background." | "Fire alarm" by bizilagun design Commentary: "Fire alarm at Madrid's airport." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| Play | Caption | Play | Caption |
| Alarm for a flatline on a heart rate monitor. | Fire alarm ringing to signify a building fire. | ||
| House alarm going off when a burglar enters. | School bell ringing to signify the end of class; fire alarm bell ringing. | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Fuller | The blush is nature's alarm at the approach of sin, and her testimony to the dignity of virtue. |
James Madison | We are right to take alarm at the first experiment upon our liberties. |
Joseph Hall | Our body is a well-set clock, which keeps good time, but if it be too much or indiscreetly tampered with, the alarm runs out before the hour. |
Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort | We leave unmolested those who set the fire to the house, and prosecute those who sound the alarm. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Emma | Austen, Jane | It had been serviceable in deadening the first shock, without retaining any influence to alarm. |
Through the Looking-Glass | Carroll, Lewis | AFTER a while the noise seemed gradually to die away, till all was dead silence, and Alice lifted up her head in some alarm. |
Scarlet Letter | Hawthorne, Nathaniel | A pigeon, alone on a low branch, allowed Pearl to come beneath, and uttered a sound as much of greeting as alarm. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Five years of sojourn between those four walls, and of absence from among men, had necessarily destroyed or dispersed the elements of alarm. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | In most allergic reactions, however, the immune system is responding to a false alarm. (references) | |
Such difficulties may be a bother, but usually they are not serious enough to cause alarm. (references) | ||
In other words, the monitor must be efficacious in recognizing apnea and triggering its alarm for prolonged apnea. (references) | ||
Business | Car alarm stores advertise their products in newspaper and leaflets. (references) | |
Steps are being taken in Abu Dhabi to install a modern central alarm system. (references) | ||
Alarm systems are connected either to radio or telephone, some cases directly to the police. (references) | ||
Civil Liberties | Brunei | The Government has voiced alarm about "outsiders" preaching radical Islamic fundamentalist or unorthodox beliefs. (references) |
Fiji | This description includes anything the Government considers false news that could create or foster public alarm or result in "detriment" to the public. (references) | |
Kenya | In February 2000, John Wandetto, a journalist for The People who was arrested in 1999, received an 18-month jail sentence for writing a report that "risked causing alarm." During the year, Wandetto appealed the sentence to the High Court, which ruled in his favor; he was released. (references) | |
Economic History | Chile | Currently in Chile, for a monthly fee of approximately US$ 25, an alarm system can be installed in homes that includes maintenance, guarantee, and connection to a surveillance center. (references) |
Australia | BIS Shrapnel warns that the current decline should not cause alarm, as in reality the decline represents only a small proportion of the increases experienced during the last eight years. (references) | |
Australia | BIS-Shrapnel warns that the current decline should not cause alarm, as in reality the decline represents only a small proportion of the increases experienced during the last eight years. (references) | |
Human Rights | Guatemala | During June and August, the State of Alarm suspended these constitutionally established freedoms. (references) |
Minorities | Nepal | Some citizens are wary of proselytizing and conversion by Christians and, therefore, view the presence of Christianity with alarm. (references) |
Political Economy | Colombia | In addition, she expressed alarm at apparent links between paramilitary groups and members of the armed forces. (references) |
Trade | Ukraine | All interior renovations, including alarm systems, must be completed by this time. (references) |
Worker Rights | Bangladesh | On August 8, 18 garment workers were trampled to death because an exit gate jammed as they were fleeing a factory after a fire alarm. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | OBLIVION, n. The state or condition in which the wicked cease from struggling and the dreary are at rest. Fame's eternal dumping ground. Cold storage for high hopes. A place where ambitious authors meet their works without pride and their betters without envy. A dormitory without an alarm clock. |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| Speaker | Phrase(s) |
Tony Blair | I think everyone is concerned. And it's a very difficult issue, this, because, from a government perspective, you've got to try and take all measures you can to guard against it. On the other hand, you don't want to alarm people. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Speaker | Term | Phrase(s) |
James Madison | 1809-1817 | Because it is proper to take alarm at the first experiment on our liberties. |
William H. Taft | 1909-1913 | To render the reforms lasting, however, and to secure at the same time freedom from alarm on the part of those pursuing proper and progressive business methods, further legislative and executive action are needed. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "Alarm" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 93.49% of the time. "Alarm" is used about 1,949 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 93.49% | 1,822 | 4,657 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 4.82% | 94 | 33,845 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 1.69% | 33 | 60,273 |
| Total | 100.00% | 1,949 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "alarm": accidental alarm ♦ alarm and status handler ♦ Alarm bell ♦ alarm call ♦ alarm call service ♦ Alarm clock ♦ alarm device ♦ alarm for instruction ♦ Alarm gauge ♦ alarm indicators ♦ alarm initiating device ♦ alarm oneself ♦ alarm or indicator ♦ Alarm post ♦ alarm severity ♦ alarm signal ♦ alarm system ♦ audible alarm ♦ automatic fire alarm ♦ beat an alarm ♦ boof alarm ♦ burglar alarm ♦ cause alarm ♦ causing fear and alarm among the population ♦ cry out in alarm ♦ differential alarm driver ♦ Earthquake alarm ♦ evacuation alarm ♦ false alarm ♦ false alarm rate ♦ fire alarm ♦ flag alarm ♦ Fog alarm ♦ give the alarm ♦ high level alarm ♦ Low water alarm ♦ malicious false alarm ♦ parity alarm ♦ pilot alarm ♦ practice alarm ♦ radio alarm ♦ raise the alarm ♦ remote alarm indication ♦ ring the alarm ♦ smoke alarm ♦ sound an alarm ♦ sound the alarm ♦ sounding an alarm ♦ state of alarm ♦ system alarm indications ♦ take alarm ♦ Till alarm ♦ travel alarm clock ♦ unacknowledged alarm. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "alarm": alarm-bells, alarm-bird, alarm-call, alarm-clocks, alarm-post, alarm-quacks. | |
Ending with "alarm": burglar-alarm. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
zone alarm | 11,924 | 4 alarm pro zone | 169 |
car alarm | 2,804 | car alarm system | 165 |
alarm clock | 2,536 | clifford alarm | 164 |
alarm | 1,766 | driveway alarm | 164 |
zone alarm pro | 883 | smoke alarm | 161 |
alarm system | 732 | motorcycle alarm | 155 |
burglar alarm | 458 | home security alarm | 133 |
free zone alarm | 436 | door alarm | 130 |
home alarm system | 394 | travel alarm clock | 127 |
viper alarm | 323 | zone alarm free download | 123 |
auto alarm | 316 | wireless alarm | 122 |
home alarm | 315 | burglar alarm system | 121 |
fire alarm | 290 | fire alarm system | 121 |
car alarm viper | 276 | bed wetting alarm | 120 |
pool alarm | 260 | alarm monitoring | 118 |
personal alarm | 212 | zone alarm download | 118 |
security alarm | 188 | free burglar alarm | 113 |
code alarm | 186 | alarm birthday | 99 |
computer alarm clock | 181 | firewall zone alarm | 97 |
zen alarm clock | 179 | cd alarm clock | 97 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "alarm"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Afrikaans | wekker (alarm clock, alarmclock), konsternasie (consternation), beroer (abet, agitate, incite, stir, stir up, touch lightly), benou (agitate), alarmeer (raise, raise the alarm, sound, sound the alarm), alarm. (various references) | |
Albanian | alarmoj (disquiet, startle), alarm (alert, warning), vë në merak, turbulloj (abash, addle, confound, confuse, discomfit, disconcert, disquiet, embarrass, fog, muddy, obfuscate, obscure, perturb, rile, roil, trouble, unhinge, unsettle), shqetësoj (agitate, ail, bother, break up, concern, denationalize, discommode, discompose, disquiet, distemper, distress, disturb, eat, embarrass, fash, flurry, fret, Harrow, Harry, incommode, move, peeve, perturb, plague, pother, preoccupy, ruffle, trouble, vex, worry), rrëmujë (bustle, clutter, disarray, disorder, disturbance, dust, farrago, hash, helter-skelter, higgledy-piggledy, huddle, hugger mugger, jumble, litter, mess, mix up, moil, muss, pandemonium, pell mell, pie, pother, roistering, snafu, tangle, topsy turvy, topsy-turvydom, tumble, upheaval, upset, welter), panik (flap, funk, panic, scare), i alarmuar. (various references) | |
Arabic | هجوم مباغت (descent), نبه إلى خطر, ذعر (be astonished, consternation, creep, flap, frighten, panic, terror, terrorization, trepidation), إنذار بخطر, أرهب (browbeat, buffalo, bulldoze, bully, daunt, dread, horrify, overawe, shoot up, terrify, terrorize), أرعب (appal, appall, daunt, dismay, fright, frighten, horrify, intimidate, panic, stagger, terrorize), أداة انذار. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | вдигам тревога, паникьосвам (scare), предупреждавам за опасност, безпокойство (anxiety, bother, care, concernment, discomposure, disquiet, disquietude, disturbance, fash, harassment, inconvenience, inquietude, malaise, plague, qualm, ruffle, trepidation, trouble, uneasiness, upset, whim-wham, worriment, worrit, worry), безпокоя (agitate, ail, bother, chivy, discompose, disturb, exercise, fash, feeze, gall, inconvenience, molest, pother, put about, vex, worry), бойна тревога, будилник (alarm clock, alarum), изплашвам (frighten, rouse, scare, scarring, start, startle, stun, warn away), аларма (alarum), страх (apprehension, dismay, dread, fear, fright, funk, horror, terror), тревожа (ail, disturb, exercise, fuss, perturb, put about, weigh on, worrit, worry), тревога (agitation, alert, anxiety, dismay, disquiet, disturbance, flurry, fluster, inquietude, perturbation, trepidation, trouble, uneasiness, unrest, worriment, worry), сигнал за бойна тревога, сигнален (sematic, signal), смущение (abashment, bewilderment, confusion, discomposure, disorder, disturbance, embarrassment, intimidation, muddle, perplexity, perturbation, ruffle, uneasiness, upset), уплаха (affright, fright, jitters, scare, shock, stir), алармирам. (various references) | |
Catalan | alarma. (various references) | |
Chinese | 驚動 (alert, disturb), 驚 (chestnut horse, to be frightened, to be scared, to start), 警报 (Alertness), 警報 (alert, alert signal, warning). (various references) | |
Czech | alarmovat (alert), znepokojit (agitate, discompose, disconcert, disquiet, disturb, upset), zalarmovat, zařízení (apparatus, appliance, appointment, arrangement, contraption, contrivance, device, equipment, facilities, facility, furnishing, gadget, installation, institution, unit), vyplašit (alert, frighten away, rouse, startle, work up), vylekat (terrify, unnerve), vyburcovat (arouse, rouse, stir), strach (apprehension, dread, dribbler, fear, fright, tremor), poplach (alert, scare, tumult, warning), neklid (anxiety, discomfort, disquiet, ferment, inquietude, jactation, jactitation, malaise, uneasiness, unrest, worry), úzkost (anguish, anxiety, apprehension, care, distress, heartache, worry). (various references) | |
Danish | alarm (alert, system alarm indications). (various references) | |
Dutch | alarmeren (raise the alarm, sound the alarm), alarm slaan (raise the alarm, sound the alarm), alarm (fire alarm, warning device), aanslaan (bark, dim, get blurred, give tongue, raise the alarm, rebound, root, salute, sound the alarm, strike, tax). (various references) | |
Esperanto | alarmsignalo (alarm-signal), alarmo, alarmilo, alarmi. (various references) | |
Faeroese | skelkur (consternation), ræða (frighten), bilsni (consternation). (various references) | |
Farsi | مضطرب کردن (Distress, Upset), هراسان کردن , هراس (Feeze, Fright, Panic), ساعت زنگی (Repeater, Striker), اگاهی ازخطر, ازخطراگاهانیدن , اخطار (Caveat, Notice, Notification, Premonition, Signal, Tipoff), اشوب (Commotion, Convulsion, Misrule, Revolution, Riot, Ruckus, Sedition, Tumult, Turbulence, Unrest), شیپورحاضرباش , بیم ووحشت . (various references) | |
Finnish | hälytys. (various references) | |
French | alarme (alert), alerte (alert, alertness), alarmer (raise the alarm, sound the alarm), inquiétude, alerter (alert, raise the alarm, sound the alarm). (various references) | |
Frisian | alaarm. (various references) | |
German | Alarm (air-raid warning, alert, tocsin), alarmieren (alert, call out, to alarm), beunruhigen (agitate, disconcert, disquiet, disturb, faze, harass, perturb, to agitate, to alarm, to disquiet, to disturb, to faze, to trouble, trouble, unsettle, worry), beängstigen (agitate, daunt, frighten, to frighten). (various references) | |
Greek | συναγερμός (alert, beaconing, fire alarm, warning device), τρομάζω (appal, cow, daunt, dismay, frighten, funk, horrify, intimidate, petrify, scare, startle, terrify). (various references) | |
Hebrew | לשמם (shock, stupefy), לעורר (alert, appeal, contest, excite, infuriate, inspire, instigate, occasion, promote, prompt, spark, spirit, stimulate, stir up), להשמים (be stupefied, horrify, shock), להשם (destroy, devastate, horrify, ruin), להזעיק (fetch, rally), להבהיל (frighten, scare, startle), תרועה (blare, blast, cheer, cry, shout, tattoo, trumpet call), אימה (awe, dread, fear, luridness, menace, terror), אזעקה (alert, call up), חרדה (anxiety, dread, horror, luridness, trepidation), בהילות (haste, hurry, panic), בהלה (dismay, fright, panic, rush, scare, trepidation). (various references) | |
Hungarian | riadó (alert, alert to), riaszt (alert, raise the alarm, sound an alarm, sound the alarm, to alarm, to alert), ijedtség (affright, dread, fright, shock, shy, turn). (various references) | |
Icelandic | vara við hættu (raise the alarm, sound the alarm), uppþot, herblástur, hættumerki (alarm-signal). (various references) | |
Indonesian | alarm, menggelisahkan (alarming, fidget), mencemaskan (worry about), menakutkan (awful, chiller, daunt, dreadful, ercy, ghastly, horrible, horrify, terrify). (various references) | |
Irish | alÚram, scaoll, rabhadh, clog alÚraim. (various references) | |
Italian | allarme (alert, apprehensiveness, concern, scare, warning), sveglia (alarm clock, alarmclock, reveille, wake-up, waking up). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | 警笛 (foghorn, horn, whistle). (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | ひじょうしんごう, ほうちき, アラーム , けいほうき, けいほう (criminal law, penal code, warning, warning shot), けいてき (edification, enlightenment, foghorn, formidable foe, guide, horn, whistle). (various references) | |
Korean | 경보 (Alarming). (various references) | |
Manx | tharmane (atmospherics, blow, boom, boom noise, clash, concussion, confusion, continual noise, crash, crash of noise, din, report, rumble, rumbling, smacking, tumult), scoaghey (frighten, intimidate), larm, fogrym, cur raaue da (caution, frighten, warn), cur aggle er (daunt, frighten, terrorize), alarym. (various references) | |
Maya | pil-ich (alarm clock). (various references) | |
Papiamen | alarmá (raise the alarm, sound the alarm), alarm, wèker (alarmclock), konsternashon (consternation). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | alarmay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | alarme (alarum, alert, flutter, panic, scare). (various references) | |
Romanian | speria (affright, cow, deter, discourage, frighten, funk, horrify, scare, shake, shy, start, terrify). (various references) | |
Russian | смятение (commotion, dismay, dither, hurly-burly, perturbation, tumult, turmoil), сигнальный, сигнал тревоги (danger signal, emergency call, warning signal), тревога (alert, angst, anxiety, disquiet, disquietude, trepidation, worry), тревожить тревога аварийный, встревожить, волновать (agitate, fluster, flutter, hype up, move, overexcite, perturb, pother), будильник (alarm clock, alarmclock, snooze alarm), боевая тревога (battle alarm), пугать (affright, appal, dismay, frighten, give the chills, intimidate, scare, scares, scaring), поднять тревогу (give the alarm), переполох (flutter, hurly-burly). (various references) | |
Scottish | maoim (consternation, panic, terror). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | alarmni, alarmirati (arouse), alarm (alarum, siren), uznemiriti (acerbate, bother, discompose, disconcert, disturb, hound, intrude, perturb, pester, put out, put smb. out, trouble, unsettle, upset, vex), uzbuniti (stir up), uzbuna (shakeup, stir, uproar), strah (creeps, dread, fear, fright, funk, trepidation, wind up), nemir (disturbance, inquietude, restlessness, riot, turbulence, turmoil, unrest), dizati uzbunu. (various references) | |
Spanish | alarma (alert, hue and cry, scare, warning), preocupar (agitate, bother, concern, exercise, perturb, preoccupy, prepossess, put about, trouble, worry). (various references) | |
Swedish | larm (ado, blusterer, Charivari, clamor, clamour, clangor, clangour, din, hubub, hullabaloo, hurly burly, noise, outcry), alarm (alarms, hubbub, tocsin), oroa (annoy, concern, discomfort, discommode, discompose, disquiet, distress, disturb, fret, irritate, niggle, perturb, perturbate, trouble, unsettle, upset, worry). (various references) | |
Thai | สัญญาณกันขโมยในรถยนต์ (car alarm). (various references) | |
Turkish | ayağa kaldırmak (instigate, raise, stir up), alarm, alârma geçirmek (alert), alârm vermek (sound the alarm), alârm (action stations, alarum, alert), telaşlandırmak (excite, flurry, fluster, fuss, hasten, put in a flurry, ruffle), telaş (ado, bustle, commotion, directness, discomposure, disturbance, excitement, ferment, fever, flap, flurry, flutter, fume, fuss, fussiness, haste, hastiness, helter-skelter, hurry, panic, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitateness, precipitation, pucker, racket, ruffle, rush, stir, storm, taking, tingle, tizzy, to-do, turmoil, whirl), tehlike işareti (alert, danger signal, red flag, tocsin), panik yapmak, korkutmak (administer a shock, affright, appal, appall, awe, bulldoze, cow, daunt, dismay, fright, frighten, funk, horrify, intimidate, overawe, scare, startle, terrorize, threaten), korku (affright, apprehension, awe, dismay, dread, fear, fright, funk, gothic, horror, misgiving, phobia, scare, trepidation), dehşet (consternation, dismay, dread, fear, fright, frightfulness, funk, horror, terror, trepidation), çalar saat (alarm clock, alarmclock, striking clock). (various references) | |
Turkmen | ynjalyks, rahatsyzlandyrmak (disquiet, disturb), howsala (alert, warning). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | тривога (alert, anxiety, care, disquiet, tizzy, trepidation, worry), піднімати по тривозі, піднімати тривогу, метушня (ado, bustle, buzz, clutter, flurry, fuss, helter-skelter, hurly burly, muss, razzle, razzle-dazzle, romps, rough and tumble, splutter, stir, stirabout, to-do, turmoil, whirl), налякати (give a fright), гуркіт (brattle, clatter, crash, detonation, din, drumming, growl, noise, peal, racquet, roar, thunder, thunder-clap, wallop), крик (bawl, call, chirp, clang, cry, hullabaloo, note, oration, yawl), паніка (panic, scare), тривожна сигнализація, сум'яття (helter-skelter, pandemonium, to-do, tumble, whirl), сигнал небезпеки (danger signal), сполохати (frighten away, scare up, spring), стривожити, страх (anxiety, apprehension, boggle, dread, fear, fray, fright, horror), стурбувати, схвилювати, шум (ado, bobbery, chirm, clamor, clamour, clash, clutter, hoity toity, hubbub, kick up, loudness, noise, noisiness, oration, pother, racket, racquet, row, ruction, sound, sputter, tumult, uproar). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | trống mõ báo động, sự lo sợ (perturbation, searching), sự hoảng sợ (affright, panic), sự hoảng hốt, sự báo nguy còi báo động, sự báo động (alert), kẻng báo động, chuông báo động, cái kẻng để báo động, cái còi báo động. (various references) | |
Welsh | rhybudd (admonition, notice, warning), larwm, dychrynu (affright, be frightened, frighten), dychryn (fright, frighten, terror), braw (dread, fright, terror). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | concutio, consternabatur, consternata, consternatae, consternatique, consternatus, perturbabant, perturbabat, perturbatus, terror, terrore, terrorem, terrores, terroresque, terroribus, terroris. (various references) |
| Italian | 900-Modern | all'arme. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | Numbers Chapter 10, Verse 5 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai salpieite shmasian kai exarousin ai parembolai ai paremballousai anatolaV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Sin autem prolixior atque concisus clangor increpuerit movebunt castra primi qui sunt ad orientalem plagam |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | If forsothe lenger and stowndmeel trompynge sowne, the firste, that ben at the eest plage, shulen meue the tentis. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | And when ye trompe the first tyme the hostes that lye on the east partes shall goo forwarde. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | When ye blow an alarm, then the camps that lie on the east parts shall go forward. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | When a loud note is sounded, the tents placed on the east side are to go forward. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Numbers Chapter 10, Verse 5 |
| Cebuano | Ug sa diha nga pagapatunggon ninyo ang pagpagubok, ang mga katilingban nga anaa mahamutang dapit sa kiliran sa silangan managpadayon sa ilang panaw. |
| Croatian | Kad popratite trubljenje bojnim poklikom, neka krenu logori utaboreni na istoènoj strani. |
| Danish | Når I blæser Alarm med dem, skal Lejrene på Østsiden bryde op; |
| Dutch | Als gij met een gebroken geklank blazen zult, dan zullen de legers, die tegen het oosten gelegerd zijn, optrekken. |
| Finnish | Mutta kun puhallatte hälytyssoiton, silloin lähtekööt itään päin leiriytyneet leirit liikkeelle. |
| French | Quand vous sonnerez avec éclat, ceux qui campent à l`orient partiront; |
| German | Wenn ihr aber drommetet, so sollen die Lager aufbrechen, die gegen Morgen liegen. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Kalau trompet ditiup pendek-pendek, itu tandanya suku-suku yang berkemah di sebelah timur harus berangkat. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi apabila ditiup olehmu seru-seru, maka segala tentara akan berangkat yang duduk pada sebelah timur. |
| Italian | Quando suonerete uno squillo di acclamazione, gli accampamenti che sono a levante si metteranno in cammino. |
| Maori | Ka whakatangihia he whakaoho e koutou, na ka hapainga nga puni e noho ana ki te taha ki te rawhiti. |
| Norwegian | Men når I blåser alarm, da skal de leire som ligger mot øst, bryte op. |
| Portuguese | Quando se tocar retinindo, partirão os arraiais que estão acampados da banda do oriente. |
| Rumanian | Cknd veyi suna cu vklvq, sq porneascq ceice tqbqrqsc la rqsqrit; |
| Russian | ЛПЗДБ ЪБФТХВЙФЕ ФТЕЧПЗХ, РПДОЙНХФУС УФБОЩ, УФБОПЧСЭЙЕУС Л ЧПУФПЛХ; |
| Spanish | "Cuando toquéis con estrépito, se pondrán en marcha los campamentos que acampan al este. |
| Swedish | Och när I blåsen en larmsignal, skola de läger bryta upp, som ligga österut. |
| Ukrainian | А засурмлять на сполох, то рушать табори, що таборують на сході. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "alarm": alarmed, alarming, alarmingly, alarmism, alarmisms, alarmist, alarmists, alarms. (additional references) | |
| |
"Alarm" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aarn, Abarim, ablark, afarm, Aiadmk, Akam, akar, Alaomi, alar, alara, alard, alark, alarme, alarmy, alarn, alarp, alars, Alatri, Albar, Albaro, Alcar, alear, aleem, alfar, Alhadra, Alim, aliorum, alir, alism, allar, allard, Almagro, almar, Almara, Alor, alorn, Alrad, alur, Atlam, Balram, larm, Mallarm, Mallarme. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "alarm" (pronounced ulÄ"rm) |
| 3 | -Ä" r m | arm, nonfarm, charm, disarm, farm, forearm, harm, rearm, unarm, underarm. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: malar. | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-l-m-r" | |
-1 letter: alar, alma, lama, maar, marl. | |
-2 letters: aal, ala, ama, arm, lam, lar, mar, ram. | |
-3 letters: aa, al, am, ar, la, ma. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-l-m-r" | |
+1 letter: alarms, alarum, amoral, malars, palmar. | |
+2 letters: admiral, airmail, alarmed, alarums, almemar, armilla, armload, calamar, cameral, caramel, ceramal, hamular, labarum, laminar, macular, malaria, malarky, mallard, marital, marsala, marshal, martial, mayoral, palmary, palmyra. | |
+3 letters: abnormal, acromial, admirals, adumbral, airmails, alarming, alarmism, alarmist, alarumed, alderman, almemars, amarelle, amorally, amphoral, ampullar, armillae, armillas, armloads, armorial, balmoral, calamari, calamars, calamary, caramels, carbamyl, ceramals, familiar, farmable, farmland, framable, graymail, hallmark, labarums, lacrimal, lamasery, lamellar, laminary, landmark, lawmaker, macrural, madrigal, malapert, malaprop, malarial, malarian, malarias, malarkey, malaroma, mallards, maltreat, manorial, manurial, marginal, marsalas, marshall, marshals, material, maternal, matronal, miliaria, monaural, morainal, palmyras, primatal. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Images: Digital Art | 9. Sounds 10. Quotations: Familiar 11. Quotations: Fiction 12. Quotations: Non-fiction | 13. Quotations: Spoken 14. Quotations: Speeches 15. Usage Frequency 16. Expressions | 17. Expressions: Internet 18. Translations: Modern 19. Translations: Ancient 20. Bible Trace | 21. Abbreviations 22. Acronyms 23. Derivations 24. Rhymes | 25. Anagrams 26. Bibliography |
Copyright © Philip M. Parker, INSEAD. Terms of Use.