claxon

See also: clàxon

English

Noun

claxon (plural claxons)

1. Alternative spelling of klaxon.
   • 2007, Thomas E. Lightburn, chapter 11, in The Shield and the Shark, Cambridge: Vanguard Press, →ISBN, page 173:

     When the claxon sounded they immediately stopped what they were doing and uncovered the Oerlikon. Paddy, who was ammunition feeder, stood by while Jock trained the 20mm gun around.

Verb

claxon (third-person singular simple present claxons, present participle claxoning, simple past and past participle claxoned)

1. Alternative spelling of klaxon.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English klaxon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɑk.sɔn/, (dated) /ˈklɛk.sɔn/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: cla‧xon

Noun

claxon m (plural claxons, diminutive claxonnetje n)

1. horn (especially on a motor vehicle)

   Synonym: toeter

Derived terms

• claxonneren

Descendants

• → Indonesian: klakson

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from English klaxon.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈklaɡsoŋ/ [ˈklɑɡ.s̺oŋ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /ˈklaɡsoŋ/ [ˈklɑɡ.s̺oŋ]
• IPA^(key): (gheada) /ˈklaħsoŋ/ [ˈklɑħ.s̺oŋ]

 

• Rhymes: -aɡsoŋ

• (standard) Rhymes: -aɡsoŋ
• (gheada) Rhymes: -aħsoŋ

Noun

claxon m (plural claxons)

1. horn (especially on a motor vehicle)

   Synonym: bucina

References

• Corpus CTG - Corpus Técnico do Galego

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French klaxon.

Noun

claxon n (plural claxoane)

1. klaxon
2. the horn of an automobile, bus, or truck

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	claxon	claxonul	claxoane	claxoanele
genitive-dative	claxon	claxonului	claxoane	claxoanelor
vocative	claxonule		claxoanelor

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English klaxon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklaɡson/ [ˈklaɣ̞.sõn]
• Rhymes: -aɡson
• Syllabification: cla‧xon

Noun

claxon m (plural cláxones)

1. horn (loud alarm, especially on a motor vehicle)

   Synonym: bocina

Further reading

• “claxon”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025