kilinä — meaning in English

English meaning

• jingle noun A short, catchy tune used in advertising to help people remember a product or brand.
• knell verb To ring a bell slowly and solemnly, especially to mark a death or funeral.
• tinkle verb To make a light, high-pitched ringing sound, like a small bell.

Senses

kilinä is used for these senses in English:

• jingle The sound of metal or glass clattering against itself.
• knell The sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death).
• tinkle A light metallic sound, resembling the tinkling of bells or wind chimes.
• tintinnabulation A tinklingsound, as of a bell or of breaking glass.

jingle — full definition

1. noun A short, catchy tune used in advertising to help people remember a product or brand.
2. noun A light ringing or clinking sound, as of small bells or coins.
3. verb To make a light ringing or clinking sound.

knell — full definition

1. verb To ring a bell slowly and solemnly, especially to mark a death or funeral.
2. noun A slow, solemn ringing of a bell, especially to announce a death; more broadly, a sign that something is coming to an end.

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