Learn Romanian › alarmă
alarmă
alarm /aˈlarmə/
noun#1729 most common
Also: alert, warning signal
Example sentences
Alarma sună.
The alarm is ringing.
Am uitat să opresc alarma.
I forgot to turn off the alarm.
Poliția a fost anunțată de o alarmă falsă.
The police were notified of a false alarm.
În timpul exercițiului, toată lumea a ieșit din clădire la auzul alarmei de incendiu.
During the drill, everyone left the building when they heard the fire alarm.
Autoritățile au declanșat o alarmă de cutremur în toată regiunea.
The authorities set off an earthquake alarm across the whole region.
Sistemul de alarme interconectate a permis detectarea rapidă a intruziunii, în ciuda tentativelor repetate de sabotare a senzorilor.
The system of interconnected alarms allowed quick detection of the intrusion, despite repeated attempts to sabotage the sensors.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | alarmă | alarme |
| Genitive | alarme | alarme |
| Accusative | alarmă | alarme |
| Vocative | alarmo | alarme |
Word family
a alarmato alarm, to alert
alarmantalarming
alarmistalarmist
alarmarethe act of alerting or raising an alarm
Etymology
Alarmă came into Romanian from French alarme. French took it from Italian all'arme, a battle cry meaning "to arms." The phrase spread across European languages during the era of city militias and watch towers, each time keeping its core sense of a call to urgent readiness.
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