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Meaning of "alarum" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ALARUM

Variant of alarm.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF ALARUM

alarum  [əˈlærəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF ALARUM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Alarum is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES ALARUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Alarum

Alarum are an Australian progressive metal and technical death metal band which formed in 1992. Their first album, Fluid Motion, was self-released in 1998. The second album, Eventuality..., was released in Australia and United States on Willowtip Records in October 2004 and in Europe on Earache Records in June 2005. From April to June 2006 Alarum toured US with Necrophagist, Arsis, Cattle Decapitation and Neuraxis. They followed with shows in the United Kingdom and Ireland with Obituary. The group's third album, Natural Causes, was issued in Australia and US in October 2011 and in Europe in January 2012. Alarum are currently working on a fourth album.

Definition of alarum in the English dictionary

The definition of alarum in the dictionary is an alarm, esp a call to arms. Other definition of alarum is a loud disturbance or conflict.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH ALARUM


carom
ˈkærəm
carrom
ˈkærəm
centrum
ˈsɛntrəm
Durham
ˈdʌrəm
durum
ˈdjʊərəm
forum
ˈfɔːrəm
harem
ˈhɛərəm
Hiram
ˈhaɪərəm
ingram
ˈɪŋɡrəm
larum
ˈlærəm
Moharram
məʊˈhærəm
Muharram
muːˈhærəm
ngultrum
əŋˈɡuːltrəm
quorum
ˈkwɔːrəm
serum
ˈsɪərəm
spectrum
ˈspɛktrəm
theorem
ˈθɪərəm
Trivandrum
trɪˈvændrəm
Vibram
ˈvaɪbrəm
wolfram
ˈwʊlfrəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE ALARUM

alar
Alaric
alarm
alarm bells
alarm call
alarm clock
alarm clock Briton
alarm signal
alarm system
alarmable
alarmed
alarmedly
alarming
alarmingly
alarmism
alarmist
alary
alas

WORDS THAT END LIKE ALARUM

arum
asarum
broad-spectrum
Brum
conundrum
drum
Erzurum
fulcrum
garum
harum-scarum
labarum
New Sarum
Oceanus Procellarum
panjandarum
rum
saccharum
Sarum
scrum
the drum
the Forum

Synonyms and antonyms of alarum in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «alarum» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF ALARUM

Find out the translation of alarum to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of alarum from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «alarum» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

闹铃
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

alarum
570 millions of speakers

English

alarum
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

बेचैनी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

alarum
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

звон будильника
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

alarum
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ঘণ্টাধ্বনি
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

réveille-matin
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Alarum
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

alarum
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

alarum
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

alarum
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Alarum
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

chuông reo
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

alarum
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अलार्म
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

alârm
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

alarum
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

alarum
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дзвін будильника
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

alarum
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

alarum
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

alarum
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Alarum
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

alarum
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of alarum

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «ALARUM»

The term «alarum» is regularly used and occupies the 79.110 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «ALARUM» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «alarum» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «alarum» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about alarum

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALARUM»

Discover the use of alarum in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to alarum and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Greene's Arcadia; Or, Menaphon: Camilla's Alarum to Slumber ...
Robert Greene. beheld the lineaments of SEPHnsTIA; and both of them, hiding their faces on their son's bosom, burst into tears of joy. ' DEMoCLEs remaining this time in a trance, at last collected his senses, and embracing all of them with ...
Robert Greene, 1814
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Dante: The Poetics of Conversion
myth of Daedalus to describe the liberation of the soul from matter and uses the phrase "remigium alarum," as does St. Augustine on several occasions.37 I should like merely to add to Courcelle's vast documentation a passage that lies ...
John Freccero, Rachel Jacoff, 1986
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The London Journal of Arts and Sciences
To Joseph Anthony Berollas, of Great Waterloo Street, in the Parish of Lambeth, in the County of Surry, Watch Maker, for his invention of a detached Alarum Watch.— [Sealed April 28, 1827.] This invention is a new mechanical arrangement ...
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Alarum Against Usurers
This is an EXACT reproduction of a book published before 1923. This IS NOT an OCR'd book with strange characters, introduced typographical errors, and jumbled words.
Thomas Lodge, 2010
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Alarum Within: Theatre Poems
The narrator of Alarum Within has a different tale to tell—not only of backstage encounters at a small college theatre, but of illness, addiction and identity.
Kimmy Beach, 2003
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The railway shareholder's manual; or, Practical guide to all ...
Any " up" station can ring the Tunbridge alarum ; to enable Merstham and the tunnel to do this, wires 5 and 6 at Reigate are joined at night, by proper apparatus, to down wires 3 and 4. The other small stations can ring the Ashford alarum ...
Henry Tuck, 1847
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The Patent journal, and inventors' magazine, ed. by C. ...
The alarum apparatus is constructed in such a manner as to give a loud report at stated periods, such as at every hour or half-hour ; and this it will continue to do for some hours after being properly wound up and set in motion. This apparatus ...
Charles Barlow
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The patent journal, and inventors' magazine
The alarum apparatus is constructed in such a manner as to give a loud report at stated periods, such as at every hour or half-hour ; and this it will continue to do for 6ome hours after being properly wound up and set in motion. This apparatus ...
Charles Barlow, Philip Le Capelain, 1847
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The London journal of arts and sciences (and repertory of ...
... or other places, where fruit, vegetables, or other produce are liable to the depredations of birds or animals. The alarum apparatus is constructed in such a manner as to give a loud report at stated periods, such as at every hour or half- hour ...
William Newton, 1847
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The engineer's and mechanic's encyclopædia
the works are locked, and the alarum prevented from running down ; but so soon as the pin H is moved, the whole is at liberty, and free to move ; the pin H passes through a hole in the plate, and rises from the locking lever II on the other side of  ...
Luke Hebert, 1836

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ALARUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term alarum is used in the context of the following news items.
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Michael Fassbender's Role In 'Macbeth' Admired; Know A Few …
... effective retelling of “Macbeth” and “The Taming of the Shrew” in today's world where the words used by Shakespeare (like alarum, brewed, ... «Movie News Guide, Jul 15»
2
"Why Libertarianism is Closer to Stalinism Than You Think": Except …
Sound the alarum, folks! Team America: World Police and Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story are running on Comedy Central again! Ultimately ... «Reason, Jun 15»
3
Theatre's fight club: how the experts add muscle to stage battles
They're desperate words – excursions means sorties at a run towards an enemy, deliberately out for trouble, while alarum is from the Italian ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
4
Regarding the 'Gay Marriage' Victory in Ireland, the Church Has No …
The “No” side was routinely depicted as composed of narrow-minded homophobes, alarum-spreaders, and crackpots trying to frighten the ... «National Review Online, May 15»
5
Supermoon 'Comet Lovejoy' (EP stream)
Comet Lovejoy is due out on June 2 on Alarum Records and it's available to stream right now. Much like Movieland, Supermoon keep things ... «Exclaim!, May 15»
6
It's Palindrome Week — 8 Craziest Palindromes to Celebrate the …
... Essa, Cull, AAAA, Ledeen, Davene, BSAgE, Issus, Sima, Alas, Pupin, a yelk, Rabia, BBA, ILO, Cini, an alarum, an engr, Evette, VanAtta, Patty ... «Mic, May 15»
7
In praise of Walt Whitman — II
He writes: “Aroused and angry, I had thought to beat the alarum, and urge relentless war,. But soon my fingers failed me, my face drooped and I ... «Daily Times, Apr 15»
8
News analysis: Will Greece turn to Russia, the United States for …
For political analysts in Athens, the rapprochement between Greece and Russia or other countries should not set off alarum bells across ... «Xinhua, Apr 15»
9
Summers' Wake-Up Call
Mr. Summers' alarum isn't as significant an event as the speech in May by Paul Volcker's speech to the Bretton Woods Association. That's when ... «New York Sun, Apr 15»
10
The BRICS Is the Only Alternative
... undertook a tour of European capitals to not only raise the alarum on the imminent thermonuclear war danger, but to provide the alternative, ... «Executive Intelligence Review, Feb 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Alarum [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/alarum>. Apr 2024 ».
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