siren
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- Rhymes: -aɪərən
Etymology [edit]
From Middle English, itself from Middle French sereine (itself from Late Latin sirena) and from Latin Sīrēn, ultimately from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirēn).
Noun [edit]
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, or the sound from such a device.
- A dangerously seductive woman.
- A common name for salamanders of Siren and Sirenidae.
- A common name for mammals of Sirenia.
Translations [edit]
nymph of Greek mythology
device for making a sound alarm
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dangerously seductive woman
kind of salamander
Derived terms [edit]
Adjective [edit]
siren
- Relating to or like a siren.
Synonyms [edit]
References [edit]
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
