サイレン — meaning in English

English meaning

• siren noun A device that produces a loud, piercing warning sound, or the sound itself.

Senses

サイレン is used for these senses in English:

• siren (Greek mythology) One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
• siren A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device. [from 1879]

siren — full definition

1. noun A device that produces a loud, piercing warning sound, or the sound itself.
2. noun A dangerously alluring woman, from the mythological creatures said to lure sailors to their doom with song.

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