death knell
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death knell
- /dɛθ nɛl/
Rhymes with -ɛl
noun death knells · death-knell
- The tolling of a bell announcing death. The sound was the stroke of a bell from the tower of East Endelstow Church. […] The death-knell of an inhabitant of the eastern parish was being tolled.
- A marker, sign or omen foretelling the imminent end, death or destruction of something. The thought was a death-knell to Helen's last hope, and she sank down, quite overcome;[…]
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noun tolling of a bell announcing death
| 日本語 | 弔鐘 chōshō |
|---|---|
| 中文 | 喪鐘 /丧钟 sāngzhōng |
| Français | glas |
| Deutsch | Totenglocke, Totengeläut |
| Italiano | rintocco funebre |
| Русский | погреба́льный звон pogrebálʹnyj zvon |
| العربية | صُور ṣūr |
noun sign foretelling the death or destruction of something
| Español | sentencia de muerte |
|---|---|
| Français | glas |
| Deutsch | Todesstoß |
| Русский | погреба́льный звон pogrebálʹnyj zvon, стра́шное предзнаменова́ние strášnoje predznamenovánije |
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@misc{death_knell_2026,
title = {death knell},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/death%20knell},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
