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siren

noun
/ˈsaɪəɹən/UK/ˈsaɪɹən/US

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from Σειρήν
  2. derived from Sīrēn
  3. derived from sereine
  4. inherited from siren

Definitions

  1. One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.

    • Now give ear to what I'm about to say to you, / and a god himself will bring it before your mind. / First, you will come to the Sirens. / These beings enthrall all men who arrive before them. […]

  2. One who sings sweetly and charms.

  3. A dangerously seductive woman.

  4. ›+ 12 more definitions

    1. A member of Sirenia, an order of mammals.

    2. A member of a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae, commonly used for all…

      A member of a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae, commonly used for all species in the family Sirenidae.

    3. Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Hestina.

    4. A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm…

      A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device.

      • My attention was diverted from this sight by a furious yelling, like that of the thing called a siren in our manufacturing towns.

    5. A musical instrument, one of the few aerophones in the percussion section of the symphony…

      A musical instrument, one of the few aerophones in the percussion section of the symphony orchestra (patented as Acme Siren in 1895).

    6. An instrument for demonstrating the laws of beats and combination tones.

    7. An astrophysical event that can be used for calculating cosmic distances.

    8. To make a noise with, or as if with, a siren.

    9. To drive with a siren on.

    10. Relating to or like a siren.

    11. A village, the county seat of Burnett County, Wisconsin, United States.

    12. A town in Burnett County, Wisconsin, United States, surrounding the village of the same…

      A town in Burnett County, Wisconsin, United States, surrounding the village of the same name.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA