"ring a bell" meaning in English

See ring a bell in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Audio: En-au-ring a bell.ogg Forms: rings a bell [present, singular, third-person], ringing a bell [participle, present], rang a bell [past], rung a bell [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|ring<,,rang,rung> a bell}} ring a bell (third-person singular simple present rings a bell, present participle ringing a bell, simple past rang a bell, past participle rung a bell)
  1. (informal, idiomatic) To seem at least vaguely familiar. Tags: idiomatic, informal Translations (to seem vaguely familiar): sonar (Catalan), 聽起來熟悉 (Chinese Mandarin), 听起来熟悉 (tīngqǐlái shúxī) (Chinese Mandarin), to mi přijde povědomé (Czech), to mi něco připomíná (Czech), to mi něco říká (Czech), een belletje doen rinkelen (Dutch), iets zeggen (Dutch), tuttav ette tulema (Estonian), soittaa kelloa (Finnish), dire quelque chose (French), soar (Galician), bekannt vorkommen (German), etwas sagen (German), rémlik (Hungarian), ismerős (Hungarian), ismerősen cseng (note: of a sound or something uttered) (Hungarian), far venire in mente (Italian), suonare familiare (Italian), lembrar (algo) (Portuguese), soar familiar (Portuguese), dizer alguma coisa (Portuguese), быть знако́мым (bytʹ znakómym) (Russian), припомина́ть (pripominátʹ) (Russian), sonar (Spanish), ringa en klocka (Swedish)
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  2. (informal, idiomatic) To spark a previously forgotten memory. Tags: idiomatic, informal
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  3. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see ring, a, bell.
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    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
      "word": "聽起來熟悉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tīngqǐlái shúxī",
      "sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
      "word": "听起来熟悉"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
      "word": "to mi přijde povědomé"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
      "word": "to mi něco připomíná"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
      "word": "to mi něco říká"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
      "word": "een belletje doen rinkelen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
      "word": "iets zeggen"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
      "word": "tuttav ette tulema"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
      "word": "soittaa kelloa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
      "word": "dire quelque chose"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
      "word": "soar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
      "word": "bekannt vorkommen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
      "word": "etwas sagen"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
      "word": "rémlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
      "word": "ismerős"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "note": "of a sound or something uttered",
      "sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
      "word": "ismerősen cseng"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
      "word": "far venire in mente"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
      "word": "suonare familiare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
      "word": "lembrar (algo)"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
      "word": "soar familiar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
      "word": "dizer alguma coisa"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "bytʹ znakómym",
      "sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
      "word": "быть знако́мым"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pripominátʹ",
      "sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
      "word": "припомина́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
      "word": "sonar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to seem vaguely familiar",
      "word": "ringa en klocka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ring a bell"
}

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