air raid siren

English

Alternative forms

• air-raid siren

Noun

air raid siren (plural air raid sirens)

1. A siren that makes a very loud alarm sound to warn the population of an upcoming air raid.
   • 1986, "Weird Al" Yankovic (lyrics and music), “Christmas at Ground Zero”, in Polka Party!‎^[1]:

     It's Christmas at ground zero / There's music in the air / The sleigh bells are ringing / And the carolers are singing / While the air raid sirens blare

Synonyms

• civil defence siren
• tornado siren

Translations

Translations

• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
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  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: luftværnssirene c (World War II), luftalarm c (World War II), varslingssirene c (current, civil defence)
• Dutch: luchtalarm (nl) n
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: õhusireen
• Finnish: ilmahälytyssireeni, väestöhälytin
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Luftschutzsirene (de) f
• Hungarian: légvédelmi sziréna
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: syrena przeciwlotnicza f
• Romanian: sirenă de raid aerian f
• Russian: сире́на гражда́нской оборо́ны f (siréna graždánskoj oboróny)
• Slovak: please add this translation if you can
• Swedish: flyglarm n
• Turkish: hava saldırısı sireni
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can