siren
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siren¹
- /ˈsaɪəɹən/ UK
- /ˈsaɪɹən/ US
Rhymes with -aɪəɹən, -aɪɹən
Where it comes from
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.
noun sirens · sirenes · sirene
- 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. […]
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One who sings sweetly and charms.
Similar: crooner
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A dangerously seductive woman.
Similar: vamp
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A member of Sirenia, an order of mammals.
Similar: sirenian
- A member of a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae, commonly used for all species in the family Sirenidae.
- Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Hestina.
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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.
Similar: klaxon
- A musical instrument, one of the few aerophones in the percussion section of the symphony orchestra (patented as Acme Siren in 1895).
- An instrument for demonstrating the laws of beats and combination tones.
- An astrophysical event that can be used for calculating cosmic distances.
verb sirens · sirening · sirened · sirene
- To make a noise with, or as if with, a siren.
- To drive with a siren on.
adjective sirene
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Relating to or like a siren.
Similar: bewitching, enchanting, enticing, sirenic
Siren²
Where it comes from
Intended to be Syren, from Swedish syren (“lilac”), but miscorrected by the US Post Office, who assumed this was a misspelling.
proper noun
- A village, the county seat of Burnett County, Wisconsin, United States.
- A town in Burnett County, Wisconsin, United States, surrounding the village of the same name.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: delilah, enchantress, femme fatale, temptress, hell, allure, enticer, lure, sort, lorelei, corner, warning, alert, singing, burglar, alarm
Translations
Every language
noun nymph of Greek mythology
| Español | sirena |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 세이렌 seiren |
| 日本語 | セイレーン seirēn |
| 中文 | 塞壬 sàirén, 女海妖 nǚhǎiyāo |
| Português | sereia, sirena |
| Français | sirène |
| Deutsch | Sirene |
| Italiano | sirena |
| Ελληνικά | σειρήνα seirína, Σειρήνα Seirína |
| Русский | сире́на siréna |
| Tiếng Việt | tiên chim |
| العربية | سِيرَانَة sīrāna |
| עברית | סִּירֵנה siréna |
noun dangerously seductive woman
| 한국어 | 요부 yobu |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 妖女 yōjo, 妖婦 yōfu |
| 中文 | 妖精 yāojīng, 妖婦 /妖妇 yāofù, 妖女 yāonǚ |
| Português | sereia |
| Français | sirène |
| Ελληνικά | σειρήνα seirína |
| Русский | сире́на siréna, соблазни́тельница soblaznítelʹnica, обольсти́тельница obolʹstítelʹnica, обворожи́тельница obvorožítelʹnica, прельсти́тельница prelʹstítelʹnica |
noun salamander
| Français | sirène |
|---|
noun device for making a sound alarm
| Español | sirena |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 사이렌 sairen, 경보기 gyeongbogi |
| 日本語 | サイレン sairen, 警笛 keiteki, 警報器 keihōki, 警報機 keihōki, 号笛 gōteki |
| 中文 | 汽笛 qìdí, 警報器 /警报器 jǐngbàoqì |
| Kiswahili | kingora |
| Português | sirene, sirena |
| Français | sirène |
| Deutsch | Sirene |
| Italiano | sirena |
| Ελληνικά | σειρήνα seirína |
| Română | sirenă |
| Русский | сире́на siréna, гудо́к gudók |
| Tiếng Việt | còi máy, còi điện, xi-ren |
| العربية | صَفّارَة ṣaffāra |
| עברית | אַזְעָקָה azaká |
Talk about this word "siren." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/siren. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. siren. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/siren "siren." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/siren.Cite this
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title = {siren},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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