warning

English

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(r)nɪŋ

Verb

warning

1. Present participle of warn.

Noun

warning (plural warnings)

1. The action of the verb warn; an instance of warning someone.
2. Something spoken or written that is intended to warn.

   The boss gave him a warning that he would be fired if he did not desist from his behaviour.

Derived terms

• warning sign

Translations

instance of warning someone

Arabic: تَحْذير (ar) (taHdhiir) m. Bosnian: upozorenje (bs) Chinese: Mandarin: 警告 (zh) (jǐnggào) Czech: varování (cs) n. Danish: advarsel (da) c. Finnish: varoittaminen French: avertissement (fr) m. German: Warnung (de) f. Icelandic: viðvörun (is) f., aðvörun (is) f.

Japanese: 警告 (ja) (けいこく, keikoku) Norwegian: Bokmål: advarsel m. Nynorsk: åtvaring f. Polish: ostrzeżenie (pl) n. Portuguese: aviso (pt) m. Russian: предупреждение (ru) (predupreždénije) n. Scottish Gaelic: rabhadh m. Swahili: ilani (sw)

something spoken or written that is intended to warn

Czech: varování (cs) n. Danish: advarsel (da) c. Dutch: waarschuwing (nl) f. Finnish: varoitus (fi) Icelandic: viðvörun f., aðvörun f., varnaðarorð n. (usu. plural)

Irish: fógra (ga) m. Japanese: 警告 (ja) (keikoku) Polish: ostrzeżenie (pl) n. Portuguese: aviso (pt) m. Swahili: ilani (sw)

Interjection

warning!

1. Used to warn of danger in signs and notices.

Translations

warning of danger in signs

Danish: advarsel (da) Finnish: Vaara! French: attention!

German: Warnung! Hebrew: זְהִירוּת (he) (z'hirút) f. Spanish: precaución (es)