siren.
One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
Meaning & usage
One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
One who sings sweetly and charms.
A dangerously seductive woman.
A member of Sirenia, an order of mammals.
A member of a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae, commonly used for all species in the family Sirenidae.
Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Hestina.
A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device.
A musical instrument, one of the few aerophones in the percussion section of the symphony orchestra (patented as Acme Siren in 1895).
An instrument for demonstrating the laws of beats and combination tones.
An astrophysical event that can be used for calculating cosmic distances.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English siren, from Old French sereine and Latin Sīrēn, Sīrēna, from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn). The mammalian sense was first attested in French in Dominique Bouhours, Les entretiens d'Ariste et d'Eugène, in 1671. The aquatic salamander sense was originally introduced by Linnaeus in 1766, for a genus of his reptiles.
To make a noise with, or as if with, a siren.
To drive with a siren on.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English siren, from Old French sereine and Latin Sīrēn, Sīrēna, from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn). The mammalian sense was first attested in French in Dominique Bouhours, Les entretiens d'Ariste et d'Eugène, in 1671. The aquatic salamander sense was originally introduced by Linnaeus in 1766, for a genus of his reptiles.
Relating to or like a siren.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English siren, from Old French sereine and Latin Sīrēn, Sīrēna, from Ancient Greek Σειρήν (Seirḗn). The mammalian sense was first attested in French in Dominique Bouhours, Les entretiens d'Ariste et d'Eugène, in 1671. The aquatic salamander sense was originally introduced by Linnaeus in 1766, for a genus of his reptiles.
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