Synonyms for siren

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sahy-ruhn

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsaɪ rən

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Définition of siren

Origin : mid-14c., "sea nymph who by her singing lures sailors to their destruction," from Old French sereine (12c., Modern French sirène) and directly from Latin Siren (Late Latin Sirena), from Greek Seiren ["Odyssey," xii.39 ff.], one of the Seirenes, mythical sisters who enticed sailors to their deaths with their songs, also in Greek "a deceitful woman," perhaps literally "binder, entangler," from seira "cord, rope."
Meaning "device that makes a warning sound" (on an ambulance, etc.) first recorded 1879, in reference to steamboats, perhaps from similar use of the French word. Figurative sense of "one who sings sweetly and charms" is recorded from 1580s. The classical descriptions of them were mangled in medieval translations and glosses, resulting in odd notions of what they looked like.

noun alarm
noun seductress
noun signal

Example sentences :

There he left the affair, nor ever spoke again of Malpas and the siren who presided there.
Extract from : « The Sea-Hawk » by Raphael Sabatini

"I thank you, dearest dear," cooed the siren, caressing him tenderly.
Extract from : « Victor's Triumph » by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

"Ah, you say you do, yet you refuse to do as I wish you," sorrowfully replied the siren.
Extract from : « Victor's Triumph » by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

Within an hour the morning siren would arouse the passengers.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, March 1930 » by Various

Marc Polder had faded back into the crowd at the first sound of the siren.
Extract from : « This One Problem » by M. C. Pease

We labored far into the night, when a siren called us to rest and food.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science July 1930 » by Various

The siren blast howled on and on, mocking Jim's straining ears.
Extract from : « The Great Dome on Mercury » by Arthur Leo Zagat

And the siren sent its dismal blasts out into the grayness all about.
Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various

These recede, their menacing voices stilled by hope's siren lullaby.
Extract from : « Oswald Langdon » by Carson Jay Lee

Now she was a siren, a wonderful, lithe creature, clinging to me.
Extract from : « Possessed » by Cleveland Moffett

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