English - Turkish
Definition of tocsin in English Turkish dictionary
- tehlike çanı
- alarm işareti
- tehlike zili
- heyecan sinyali
- tehlike işareti
- tehlike çan
- alarm zili
- tehlike işaretini bildiren zil
- alarm
English - English
Definition of tocsin in English English dictionary
- A bell used to sound an alarm
- An alarm or other signal sounded by a bell or bells, especially with reference to France
I'll ring the tocsin, I'll have Saint-Antoine out. I can put twenty thousand armed men on the streets, just like that.
- {n} a bell to give alarm
- The ringing of an alarm, or the alarm itself
- {i} warning signal, alarm
- a loud warning bell, used in the past (toquassen, from tocasenh, from tocar + senh (from signum; SIGN))
- An alarm bell, or the ringing of a bell for the purpose of alarm
- the sound of an alarm (usually a bell)
- a bell used to sound an alarm the sound of an alarm (usually a bell)
- a signal sounded by a bell or bells, especially an alarm
- A tocsin
- tokin
- tocsins
- plural of tocsin
Related Terms
tocsin
Hyphenation
toc·sinPronunciation
Etymology
() From Old French toquesain (modern tocsin), from Provençal tocasenh, from tocar ‘strike, touch’ + senh ‘bell’.Resimler
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