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Definition: Tocsin |
TocsinNoun1. The sound of an alarm (usually a bell). 2. A bell used to sound an alarm. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "tocsin" was first used: 1586. (references) |
Etymology: Tocsin \Toc"sin\, noun. [French expression, from the Old French expression toquier to touch, French toquer (originally, dialectic form of French toucher) seint (for sein) bell, Late Latin expression signum, from the Latin expression signum sign, signal. See Touch, and Sign.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Dream Interpretation | To dream of hearing a tocsin sounded, augurs a strife from which you will come victorious. For a woman, this is a warning of separation from her husband or lover. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
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Synonyms: TocsinSynonyms: alarm bell (n), warning bell (n). (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. | |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Tocsin |
| English words defined with "tocsin": Tokin. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "tocsin": Bells ♦ Tocsin. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "tocsin": Tokin. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Tocsin" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (tocsin), Romanian (tocsin). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Le Tocsin (1920) | |
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Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The tocsin was heard, and vague stormy sounds were heard. |
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| "Tocsin" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Tocsin" is used about 23 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) | 100% | 23 | 72,767 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expression using "tocsin": ring the tocsin. Additional references. | |
| 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 |
tocsin | 3 |
enterprise tocsin | 2 |
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| Language | Translations for "tocsin"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | këmbanë alarmi. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ناقوس الخطر. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | сигнал за тревога с камбана, камбана за тревога. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | zvonìní na poplach. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | tocsin. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | alarmglocke (alarm bell), alarm (air-raid warning, alarm, alert). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | κώδων κινδύνου, συναγερμόσ (alert, rally). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | פעמון אזעק", אות אזעק" (alert). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | vészharang, vészcsengõ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | campana d'allarme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | clag raauee (alarm bell, alarm gong). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ocsintay toque de sino a rebate, toque de alarme. (various references) tocsin, clopot de alarmã (curfew). (various references) набат. (various references) zvono za uzbunu. (various references) campana de alarma. (various references) varningssignal, larmklocka, alarm (alarm, alarms, hubbub). (various references) tehlike işareti (alarm, alert, danger signal, red flag), tehlike çanı (alarm bell). (various references) сполошний дзвін, набат (warning-bell). (various references) chuông bao động sự báo động bằng chuông. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Late Latin | 300-700 | signum. (various references) |
| Middle French | 1400-1600 | toquassen. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "tocsin": tocsins. (additional references) | |
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"Tocsin" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Focsani, Occzim, Stossen, tacin, toesin, tokein, tokkin, toosin, Toscaig, toscano, Tosi, Tosini, Tosio, toxsin, Troschin, Tucsan, tucxi, tuscon. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "tocsin" (pronounced 'Toc"sin'): Alkarsin, Amylopsin, BASIN, Biliprasin, Marcassin, Monesin, Pepsin, Quassin, Raisin, Sasin, Seisin, Sepsin, Steapsin, trypsin, Zuisin. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: tonics. | |
| Words within the letters "c-i-n-o-s-t" | |
-1 letter: cions, coins, icons, ontic, scion, sonic, stoic, tonic. | |
-2 letters: cion, cist, coin, coni, cons, cost, cots, icon, into, ions, nits, otic, scot, snit, snot, tics, tins, tons. | |
-3 letters: cis, con, cos, cot, ins, ion, its, nit, nos, not, ons, sic, sin, sit, son, sot, tic, tin, tis, ton. | |
-4 letters: in, is, it, no, on. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-i-n-o-s-t" | |
+1 letter: actions, atonics, cations, chitons, cistron, citrons, confits, consist, cortins, costing, gnostic, notices, section, suction, tocsins. | |
+2 letters: aconites, actinons, agnostic, auctions, canoeist, canonist, captions, carotins, cautions, centimos, chitosan, cistrons, coasting, coatings, cointers, coitions, colistin, colonist, conceits, conduits, consists, contains, convicts, coonties, corniest, counties, cytosine, dictions, discount, dystonic, escoting, excitons, factions, fictions, gnostics, isotonic, lections, linocuts, linstock, miscount, monastic, monistic, nicotins, noctuids, nomistic, nonstick, noticers, oscitant, pactions, ructions, sanction, schizont, scooting, scouting, sections, seicento, sonantic, sonicate, stenotic, stiction, stocking, stolonic, strontic, subtonic, suctions, synoptic, syntonic, tactions, telsonic, tonetics, tricorns, unctions, viscount, wainscot. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 6F 63 73 69 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- --- -.-. ... .. -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101111 01100011 01110011 01101001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T o c s i n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 006F 0063 0073 0069 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)548169857580 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Quotations: Fiction 7. Usage Frequency 8. Expressions | 9. Expressions: Internet 10. Translations: Modern 11. Translations: Ancient 12. Derivations | 13. Rhymes 14. Anagrams 15. Orthography 16. Bibliography |
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