"fire alarm" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: fire alarms [plural]
Etymology: From fire + alarm. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|fire|alarm}} fire + alarm Head templates: {{en-noun}} fire alarm (plural fire alarms)
  1. An electromechanical or electronic bell, klaxon, chime, horn, speaker, strobe light or other device which warns people in a building of a possible fire or other condition requiring evacuation. Translations (device which warns people of a possible fire): 火災報警器 (Chinese Mandarin), 火灾报警器 (huǒzāi bàojǐngqì) (Chinese Mandarin), 火警 (huǒjǐng) (Chinese Mandarin), brandalarm [common-gender] (Danish), brandalarm [neuter] (Dutch), brandmelder [masculine] (Dutch), brandschel (Dutch), eldvarnari (Faroese), palohälytin (Finnish), palovaroitin (Finnish), alarme incendie [feminine] (French), avertisseur d’incendie (French), Feueralarm [masculine] (German), Feuermelder [masculine] (German), συναγερμός πυρκαγιάς (synagermós pyrkagiás) [masculine] (Greek), tűzjelző (Hungarian), brunaboði [masculine] (Icelandic), incendio-avertilo (Ido), aláram dóiteáin [masculine] (Irish), allarme antincendio (Italian), 火災警報機 (kasai keihōki) (Japanese), өртхабарлағыш (örtxabarlağyş) (Kazakh), សំឡេងរោទ៍ភ្លើង (sɑmleing roo phləəng) (Khmer), 화재경보기 (hwajaegyeongbogi) (Korean), penggera kebakaran (Malay), brannalarm [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), brannalarm [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), Aunmalda [masculine] (Plautdietsch), alarme de incêndio [masculine] (Portuguese), пожа́рная трево́га (požárnaja trevóga) [feminine] (Russian), alarma de incendios [feminine] (Spanish), alarma anti-incendio [masculine] (Spanish), brandlarm [neuter] (Swedish), alarma sa usok (Tagalog), thiết bị báo cháy (Vietnamese)
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  2. The sound or other warning made by a fire alarm. Derived forms: fire alarm control panel, fire alarm horn, fire alarm pull station, fire alarm system, pull the fire alarm Translations (sound or other warning made by a fire alarm): brandalarm [common-gender] (Danish), brandalarm [neuter] (Dutch), palohälytys (Finnish), alarme incendie [feminine] (French), rabhadh dóiteáin [masculine] (Irish), 火災警報 (kasai keihō) (Japanese), brannalarm [masculine] (Norwegian), alarme de incêndio [masculine] (Portuguese), brandlarm [neuter] (Swedish)
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  3. (firefighting) An emergency response to a fire by the fire department with manpower and equipment. Categories (topical): Firefighting Translations (response to a fire by the fire department): brandudrykning [common-gender] (Danish), udrykning [common-gender] (Danish), hälytys (Finnish), 火災警報 (kasai keihō) (Japanese), brannutrykning [common-gender] (Norwegian), brandkårsutryckning [common-gender] (Swedish)
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Inflected forms

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      "sense": "sound or other warning made by a fire alarm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rabhadh dóiteáin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kasai keihō",
      "sense": "sound or other warning made by a fire alarm",
      "word": "火災警報"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "sound or other warning made by a fire alarm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "brannalarm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "sound or other warning made by a fire alarm",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "alarme de incêndio"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "sound or other warning made by a fire alarm",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "brandlarm"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "response to a fire by the fire department",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "brandudrykning"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "response to a fire by the fire department",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "udrykning"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "response to a fire by the fire department",
      "word": "hälytys"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kasai keihō",
      "sense": "response to a fire by the fire department",
      "word": "火災警報"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "response to a fire by the fire department",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "brannutrykning"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "response to a fire by the fire department",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "brandkårsutryckning"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fire alarm"
}

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