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"etymology_text": "From Middle English siren, from Old French sereine and Latin Sīrēn, Sīrēna, from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn). The mammalian sense was first attested in French in Dominique Bouhours, Les entretiens d'Ariste et d'Eugène, in 1671. The aquatic salamander sense was originally introduced by Linnaeus in 1766, for a genus of his reptiles. Doublet of serin.",
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"text": "Now give ear to what I'm about to say to you , and a god himself will bring it before your mind . First , you will come to the Sirens . These beings enthrall all men who arrive before them . Whoever draws near without knowledge and ...",
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"word": "ไซเรน"
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"word": "σειρήνα"
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"word": "sireno"
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"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "dangerously seductive woman",
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"word": "banchealgaire"
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"word": "sereia"
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"tags": [
"feminine"
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"word": "сире́на"
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"sense": "dangerously seductive woman",
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"word": "сирена"
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"Biology",
"Psychology",
"Sociology",
"Sciences",
"Social sciences",
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"Society",
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"A member of a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae, commonly used for all species in the family Sirenidae."
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"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"word": "אזעקה"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"word": "sziréna"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"word": "sireno"
},
{
"code": "id",
"lang": "Indonesian",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"word": "sirene"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sairen",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"word": "サイレン"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "keiteki",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"word": "警笛"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "keihōki",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"word": "警報器"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "gōteki",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"word": "号笛"
},
{
"code": "kk",
"lang": "Kazakh",
"roman": "gudok",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"word": "гудок"
},
{
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "sairen",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"word": "사이렌"
},
{
"alt": "警報器",
"code": "ko",
"lang": "Korean",
"roman": "gyeongbogi",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"word": "경보기"
},
{
"code": "mt",
"lang": "Maltese",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "sirena"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"word": "haona whakatūpato"
},
{
"code": "fa",
"lang": "Persian",
"roman": "âžir",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"word": "آژیر"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "syrena"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirene"
},
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"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "sirena"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirenă"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "siréna",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сире́на"
},
{
"code": "gd",
"lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"tags": [
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],
"word": "dùdach"
},
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "сирена"
},
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"tags": [
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"feminine"
],
"word": "sirena"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirena"
},
{
"code": "sw",
"lang": "Swahili",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"word": "kingora"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "siren"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"word": "siren"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "syréna",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сире́на"
},
{
"code": "uz",
"lang": "Uzbek",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"word": "sirena"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"word": "còi máy"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"word": "còi điện"
},
{
"code": "vi",
"lang": "Vietnamese",
"sense": "device for making a sound alarm",
"word": "xi-ren"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "musical instrument",
"word": "pilli"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "prelǎstitelka",
"sense": "dangerously seductive woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "прелъстителка"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "dangerously seductive woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirena"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "dangerously seductive woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirene"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "dangerously seductive woman",
"word": "sireno"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "dangerously seductive woman",
"word": "seireeni"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "dangerously seductive woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sirène"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "seirína",
"sense": "dangerously seductive woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "σειρήνα"
},
{
"code": "io",
"lang": "Ido",
"sense": "dangerously seductive woman",
"word": "sireno"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "dangerously seductive woman",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "banchealgaire"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yōjo",
"sense": "dangerously seductive woman",
"word": "妖女"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yōfu",
"sense": "dangerously seductive woman",
"word": "妖婦"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "dangerously seductive woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "syrena"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "dangerously seductive woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "sereia"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "siréna",
"sense": "dangerously seductive woman",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "сире́на"
},
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"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "dangerously seductive woman",
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"feminine"
],
"word": "сирена"
},
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"code": "sh",
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"code": "fi",
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"sense": "salamander",
"word": "mutalisko"
},
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"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
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"feminine"
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"sense": "mammal",
"word": "sireenieläin"
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