siren
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[edit] English
[edit] Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -aɪərən
[edit] Etymology
from Middle English, itself from Middle French sereine (itself from Late Latin sirena) & from Latin Sīrēn ultimately from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (seirēn)
[edit] Noun
siren (plural sirens)
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- (original sense) (Greek mythology) One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
- A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal.
- A dangerously seductive woman.
- A common name for salamanders of Siren and Sirenidae.
- A common name for mammals of Sirenia.
[edit] Translations
nymph of Greek mythology
device for making a sound alarm
dangerously seductive woman
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[edit] Adjective
siren
- relating to or like a siren
[edit] Synonyms
[edit] References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
