"smoke detector" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: smoke detectors [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} smoke detector (plural smoke detectors)
  1. A device that sounds an alarm when it detects smoke or other evidence of a fire. Wikipedia link: smoke detector Categories (topical): Machines Synonyms: smoke alarm Translations (device): detector de fum [masculine] (Catalan), 煙霧探測器 (Chinese Mandarin), 烟雾探测器 (yānwù tàncèqì) (Chinese Mandarin), 煙霧報警器 (Chinese Mandarin), 烟雾报警器 (yānwù bàojǐngqì) (english: smoke alarm) (Chinese Mandarin), 煙感探頭 (Chinese Mandarin), 烟感探头 (yāngǎn tàntóu) (Chinese Mandarin), røgdetektor [common-gender] (Danish), rookmelder [masculine] (Dutch), suitsuandur (Estonian), savunilmaisin (Finnish), savuhälytin (english: smoke alarm) (Finnish), détecteur de fumée [masculine] (French), Rauchmelder [masculine] (German), füstjelző (Hungarian), reykskynjari [masculine] (Icelandic), pendeteksi asap (Indonesian), rivelatore di fumo [masculine] (Italian), 煙探知機 (kemuri-tanchiki) (alt: けむりたんちき) (Japanese), 연기 감지기 (alt: 煙氣 感知器) (Korean), dūmų daviklis [masculine] (Lithuanian), alat pengesan asap (Malay), røykdetektor [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), røykvarsler (english: smoke alarm) [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), røykdetektor [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), røykvarslar (english: smoke alarm) [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), wykrywacz dymu [masculine] (Polish), detetor de fumaça [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), дете́ктор ды́ма (dɛtɛ́ktor dýma) [masculine] (Russian), дымова́я сигнализа́ция (dymovája signalizácija) (english: smoke alarm) [feminine] (Russian), детектор дима [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), detektor dima [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), brandvarnare [common-gender] (Swedish), rökdetektor [common-gender] (Swedish), paniktik ng usok (Tagalog), duman dedektörü (Turkish), larwm mwg (english: smoke alarm) (Welsh)

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      "word": "detetor de fumaça"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dɛtɛ́ktor dýma",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дете́ктор ды́ма"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "smoke alarm",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dymovája signalizácija",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "дымова́я сигнализа́ция"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "детектор дима"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "detektor dima"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "brandvarnare"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "device",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "rökdetektor"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "device",
      "word": "paniktik ng usok"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "device",
      "word": "duman dedektörü"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "english": "smoke alarm",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "device",
      "word": "larwm mwg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "smoke detector"
}

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