air raid siren

air raid siren

English

Alternative forms

• air-raid siren

Noun

air raid siren (plural air raid sirens)

1. A siren that makes a very loud alarm sound to warn the population of an upcoming air raid.
   • 1986, "Weird Al" Yankovic (lyrics and music), “Christmas at Ground Zero”, in Polka Party!‎:

     It's Christmas at ground zero / There's music in the air / The sleigh bells are ringing / And the carolers are singing / While the air raid sirens blare

Synonyms

• civil defence siren
• tornado siren

Translations

Translations

Armenian: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: please add this translation if you can Danish: luftværnssirene c (World War II), luftalarm c (World War II), varslingssirene c (current, civil defence) Dutch: luchtalarm (nl) n Esperanto: please add this translation if you can Estonian: õhusireen Finnish: ilmahälytyssireeni, väestöhälytin French: please add this translation if you can German: Luftschutzsirene (de) f Hungarian: please add this translation if you can Latvian: please add this translation if you can Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can Polish: syrena przeciwlotnicza f Romanian: sirenă de raid aerian f Russian: сире́на гражда́нской оборо́ны f (siréna graždánskoj oboróny) Slovak: please add this translation if you can Turkish: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can