"death knell" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɛθ nɛl/ Audio: en-au-death knell.ogg Forms: death knells [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} death knell (plural death knells)
  1. The tolling of a bell announcing death. Synonyms: death-knell Translations (tolling of a bell announcing death): صُور (ṣūr) [masculine] (Arabic), 喪鐘 (Chinese Mandarin), 丧钟 (sāngzhōng) (Chinese Mandarin), hrana (Czech), kuolinkellot [plural] (Finnish), glas [masculine] (French), Totenglocke [feminine] (German), Totengeläut [neuter] (German), rintocco funebre [masculine] (Italian), 弔鐘 (chōshō) (alt: ちょうしょう) (Japanese), погреба́льный звон (pogrebálʹnyj zvon) [masculine] (Russian), själaringning [common-gender] (Swedish), dödsklocka [common-gender] (Swedish)
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  2. (by extension) A sign or omen foretelling the death or destruction of something. Tags: broadly Translations (sign foretelling the death or destruction of something): kuolinkellot [plural] (Finnish), glas [masculine] (French), Todesstoß [masculine] (German), погреба́льный звон (pogrebálʹnyj zvon) [masculine] (Russian), стра́шное предзнаменова́ние (strášnoje predznamenovánije) [neuter] (Russian), sentencia de muerte [feminine] (Spanish), dödsstöt [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-death_knell-en-noun-vOycI3yq Disambiguation of 'sign foretelling the death or destruction of something': 9 91

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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