"alarum" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: alarums [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English alarom, from Old Italian all'arme (“to arms, to the weapons”), from Latin arma, armorum (“weapons”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|alarom}} Middle English alarom, {{der|en|roa-oit|all'arme||to arms, to the weapons}} Old Italian all'arme (“to arms, to the weapons”), {{der|en|la|arma, armorum||weapons}} Latin arma, armorum (“weapons”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} alarum (plural alarums)
  1. (normally archaic) A danger signal or warning.
    Sense id: en-alarum-en-noun-pqk19XLe
  2. A call to arms.
    Sense id: en-alarum-en-noun-qmPmdm8w Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 94 3
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: alarums and excursions

Verb [English]

Forms: alarums [present, singular, third-person], alaruming [participle, present], alarumed [participle, past], alarumed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English alarom, from Old Italian all'arme (“to arms, to the weapons”), from Latin arma, armorum (“weapons”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|alarom}} Middle English alarom, {{der|en|roa-oit|all'arme||to arms, to the weapons}} Old Italian all'arme (“to arms, to the weapons”), {{der|en|la|arma, armorum||weapons}} Latin arma, armorum (“weapons”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} alarum (third-person singular simple present alarums, present participle alaruming, simple past and past participle alarumed)
  1. (archaic) To sound alarums, to sound an alarm. Tags: archaic Related terms: alarm
    Sense id: en-alarum-en-verb--l8m-dmZ

Noun [Latin]

Forms: ālārum [canonical, feminine]
Head templates: {{head|la|noun form|g=f|head=ālārum}} ālārum f
  1. genitive plural of āla Tags: form-of, genitive, plural Form of: āla
    Sense id: en-alarum-la-noun-1Sd0Lj7D Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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