fire alarm

English

Etymology

fire + alarm

Noun

fire alarm (plural fire alarms)

1. An electromechanical or electronic bell, klaxon, chime, horn, speaker, strobe light or other device which warns people in a building of a possible fire or other condition requiring evacuation.
2. The sound or other warning made by a fire alarm.
3. (firefighting) An emergency response to a fire by the fire department with manpower and equipment.
   • A four fire-alarm fire ripped through a row of 2.5 story frame dwellings during the early morning hours

Translations

device which warns people of a possible fire

• Dutch: brandalarm n, brandmelder m, brandschel
• Finnish: palohälytin (fi), palovaroitin (fi)
• French: alarme incendie (fr) f, avertisseur d'incendie (fr)
• German: Feueralarm (de) m, Feuermelder (de) m

• Italian: allarme antincendio (it)
• Japanese: 火災警報機 (ja) (kasai keihōki)
• Norwegian: brannalarm (no) m
• Spanish: alarma de incendios (es) f, alarma anti-incendio (es) m
• Swedish: brandlarm (sv) n

sound or other warning made by a fire alarm

• Dutch: brandalarm n
• Finnish: palohälytys (fi)

• Japanese: 火災警報 (ja) (kasai keihō)
• Norwegian: brannalarm (no) m
• Swedish: brandlarm (sv) n

response to a fire by the fire department

• Finnish: hälytys (fi)
• Japanese: 火災警報 (ja) (kasai keihō)

• Norwegian: brannutrykning (no) c
• Swedish: brandkårsutryckning (sv) c

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• Esperanto: fajratentigilo

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