Si·ren (s  r n)n. 1. Greek Mythology One of a group of sea nymphs who by their sweet singing lured mariners to destruction on the rocks surrounding their island. 2. siren A woman regarded as seductive and beautiful. [Middle English serein, from Old French sereine; see siren.] |
| si·ren (srn) n. 1. a. A device in which compressed air or steam is driven against a rotating perforated disk to create a loud, often wailing sound as a signal or warning. b. An electronic device producing a similar sound as a signal or warning: a police car siren. 2. Any of several salamanders of the family Sirenidae, such as the mud eel, having an eellike body, permanent external gills, small forelegs, and no hind limbs. [French sirène, from Old French sereine, Siren, from Late Latin S r na, from Latin Srn, from Greek Seirn.] |
siren [ˈsaɪərən]
n
1. (Engineering / General Engineering) a device for emitting a loud wailing sound, esp as a warning or signal, typically consisting of a rotating perforated metal drum through which air or steam is passed under pressure
2. (Myth & Legend / Classical Myth & Legend) (sometimes capital) Greek myth one of several sea nymphs whose seductive singing was believed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks the nymphs inhabited
3.
a. a woman considered to be dangerously alluring or seductive
b. (as modifier) her siren charms
4. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any aquatic eel-like salamander of the North American family Sirenidae, having external gills, no hind limbs, and reduced forelimbs
[from Old French sereine, from Latin sīrēn, from Greek seirēn]
ThesaurusLegend: Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
| Noun | 1. |  Siren - a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived; "Odysseus ordered his crew to plug their ears so they would not hear the Siren's fatal song"sea nymph - (Greek mythology) a water nymph who was the daughter of Oceanus or Nereus |
| 2. |  siren - a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductiveadult female, woman - an adult female person (as opposed to a man); "the woman kept house while the man hunted" | |
| 3. | siren - a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound | |
| 4. | siren - an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning acoustic device - a device for amplifying or transmitting sound alarm system, warning device, alarm - a device that signals the occurrence of some undesirable event | |
| 5. | siren - eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills salamander - any of various typically terrestrial amphibians that resemble lizards and that return to water only to breed genus Siren - a genus of Sirenidae |
siren
Translations
siren [ˈsaɪərən] n
(= device) → sirène f
a police siren → une sirène de police
an air-raid siren → une sirène d'alerte aérienne
a police siren → une sirène de police
an air-raid siren → une sirène d'alerte aérienne
siren
n (all senses) → Sirene f
n siren [ˈsaiərən]
a kind of instrument that gives out a loud hooting noise as a (warning) signal a factory siren. sirene صفّارة إنْذار сирена siréna sirene; -sirene die Sirene σειρήνα sirena sireen آژير sireeni sirène צוֹפָר भोंपू sirena (zvučna), morska vila sziréna sirine sírena sirena サイレン 사이렌 sirena sirēna siren sirene sirene syrena sirene sirenă сирена, гудок siréna sirena sirena siren เสียงหวอ siren 汽笛，警報器 гудок; сирена اونچی آواز نکالنے والا آلہ còi báo động 汽笛警报器
Siren → سيرين - كائن أسطوري عند اليونان siréna sirene Sirene σειρήνα sirena sireeni sirène sirena sirena サイレン 경적 sirene sirene syrena sirene сирена siren เสียงสัญญานเตือนภัย siren còi báo động 汽笛
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