klakson

Czech

Alternative forms

• klaxon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈklakson]

Noun

klakson m inan

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

Declension

Declension of klakson (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	klakson	klaksony
genitive	klaksonu	klaksonů
dative	klaksonu	klaksonům
accusative	klakson	klaksony
vocative	klaksone	klaksony
locative	klaksonu	klaksonech
instrumental	klaksonem	klaksony

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French klaxon (“horn”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klaksɔ̃/

Noun

klakson

1. horn (auto device)

Indonesian

Etymology

Genericized trademark, from Dutch claxon, from Klaxon, the trademark itself based on Ancient Greek κλάζω (klázō, “make a sharp sound; scream”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈklakson/ [ˈklak̚.sɔn]
• Rhymes: -akson
• Syllabification: klak‧son

Noun

klakson (plural klakson-klakson)

1. automobile horn
2. (by extension) honking

   Jangan membunyikan klakson di dekat rumah sakit.

   No honking near the hospital.

Synonyms

• trompet
• hon (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “klakson”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Polish

klakson sense 1

klakson sense 2

Etymology

Borrowed from American English klaxon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklak.sɔn/

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• Rhymes: -aksɔn
• Syllabification: klak‧son

Noun

klakson m inan

2. horn (any of a family of musical instruments made of a tube, usually made of metal and often curved in various ways, with one narrow end into which the musician blows, and a wide end from which sound emerges)
4. horn, hooter, klaxon (loud alarm, especially one on a motor vehicle)
5. sound made by a horn

Declension

Declension of klakson

	singular	plural
nominative	klakson	klaksony
genitive	klaksonu	klaksonów
dative	klaksonowi	klaksonom
accusative	klakson	klaksony
instrumental	klaksonem	klaksonami
locative	klaksonie	klaksonach
vocative	klaksonie	klaksony

Derived terms

verbs

• klaksonować impf

Further reading

• klakson in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• klakson in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Turkish

Etymology

From English klaxon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k(ɯ)ɫɑk.son/

Noun

klakson (definite accusative klaksonu, plural klaksonlar)

1. horn

   Synonym: korna

Declension

Declension of klakson

	singular	plural
nominative	klakson	klaksonlar
definite accusative	klaksonu	klaksonları
dative	klaksona	klaksonlara
locative	klaksonda	klaksonlarda
ablative	klaksondan	klaksonlardan
genitive	klaksonun	klaksonların