English
Pronunciation
Noun
alarm clock (plural alarm clocks)
- A clock designed to sound an alert at a preset time, primarily to wake someone from sleep.
1929, Agatha Christie, The Seven Dials Mystery:"I should suggest an alarum clock," he said briskly. "I always use one myself for fear of oversleeping.[…]"
Derived terms
Translations
type of clock
- Afrikaans: wekker (af)
- Albanian: orë me zile f
- Arabic: مُنَبِّه (ar) m (munabbih), سَاعَة مُنَبِّهَة f (sāʕa munabbiha)
- Aramaic:
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܡܙܲܗܪܵܢܵܐ m (mzahrānā), ܫܵܥܬܵܐ ܡܙܲܗܪܵܢܝܼܬܵܐ f (šāˁtā mzahrānītā)
- Armenian: զարթուցիչ (hy) (zartʻucʻičʻ)
- Azerbaijani: zəngli saat
- Belarusian: будзі́льнік m (budzílʹnik)
- Bengali: এলার্ম ঘড়ি (bn) (êlarmghoṛi)
- Breton: dihuner (br) m
- Bulgarian: буди́лник (bg) m (budílnik)
- Burmese: နှိုးစက်နာရီ (hnui:caknari)
- Catalan: despertador (ca) m
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 鬧鐘 / 闹钟 (naau6 zung1)
- Eastern Min: 鬧鐘 / 闹钟 (nâu-cṳ̆ng)
- Gan: 鬧鐘 / 闹钟 ('lau5 zung1)
- Hakka: 鬧鐘 / 闹钟 (nau-chûng)
- Hokkien: 鬧鐘 / 闹钟 (nāu-cheng), 鬧鐘仔 / 闹钟仔 (nāu-cheng-á), 亂鐘 / 乱钟 (lōan-cheng), 亂鐘仔 / 乱钟仔 (zh-min-nan) (lōan-cheng-á), 叫鐘 / 叫钟 (kiò-cheng)
- Mandarin: 鬧鐘 / 闹钟 (zh) (nàozhōng)
- Cornish: dyfuna
- Czech: budík (cs) m
- Danish: vækkeur (da) n
- Dutch: wekker (nl) m
- Esperanto: vekhorloĝo
- Estonian: äratuskell
- Faroese: vekjaraklokka f
- Finnish: herätyskello (fi), vekkari (fi)
- French: réveil (fr) m, réveille-matin (fr) m
- Frisian:
- West Frisian: needklok c
- Galician: alarma f
- Georgian: მაღვიძარა (maɣviʒara)
- German: Wecker (de) m, Weckuhr (de) f
- Greek: ξυπνητήρι (el) n (xypnitíri)
- Hebrew: שָׁעוֹן מְעוֹרֵר (he) m (sha'ón m'orér)
- Hindi: अलार्म घड़ी f (alārm ghaṛī), अलार्म क्लॉक m (alārm klŏk)
- Hungarian: ébresztőóra (hu), vekker (hu), csörgőóra
- Icelandic: vekjaraklukka f
- Indonesian: beker (id)
- Ingrian: budilnikka
- Italian: sveglia (it) f
- Japanese: 目覚まし時計 (ja) (めざましどけい, mezamashidokei)
- Kalmyk: серүләч (serüläç)
- Kazakh: оятқыш сағат (oätqyş sağat), оятқыш (oätqyş), оятар (oätar)
- Khmer: នាឡិការោទ៍ (niəlekaa roo)
- Korean: 자명종(自鳴鐘) (ko) (jamyeongjong), 알람시계 (ko) (allamsigye)
- Kyrgyz: будильник (budilnik), ойготкуч саат (oygotkuc saat), ойготкуч (oygotkuc)
- Lao: ນາລິກາປຸກ (nā li kā puk)
- Latvian: modinātājs m, modinātājpulkstenis m
- Lithuanian: žadintuvas m
- Macedonian: будилник m (budilnik)
- Malay: penggera, jam loceng (ms)
- Maltese: żveljarin
- Mongolian:
- Cyrillic: сэрүүлэгтэй цаг (serüülegtej cag)
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: vekkerklokke (no) m or f, vekkeklokke m or f
- Nynorsk: vekkarklokke f, vekkjarklokke f
- Persian:
- Iranian Persian: ساعَتِ زَنْگدار (sâ'at-e zang-dâr), ساعَتِ شَمّاطِهدار (sâ'at-e šammâte-dâr)
- Polish: budzik (pl) m
- Portuguese: despertador (pt) m, alarme (pt)
- Romanian: ceas cu alarmă n, ceas deșteptător (ro) n
- Russian: буди́льник (ru) m (budílʹnik)
- Scottish Gaelic: uaireadair-dùsgaidh m
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бу̀дӣлнӣк m, ве̏кер m, ве̏керица f, бу̀дилица f
- Latin: bùdīlnīk (sh) m, vȅker (sh) m, vȅkerica (sh) f, bùdilica (sh) f
- Sicilian: sveglia f
- Silesian: weker m
- Slovak: budík (sk) m
- Slovene: budilka (sl) f
- Spanish: despertador (es) m, reloj despertador (es) m
- Swedish: väckarklocka (sv) c
- Tagalog: alarma orasan, despertador (tl)
- Tajik: соати зангдор (soat-i zangdor)
- Thai: นาฬิกาปลุก (naa-lí-gaa-bplùk)
- Turkish: çalar saat (tr)
- Turkmen: jaňly sagat
- Ukrainian: буди́льник (uk) m (budýlʹnyk)
- Urdu: اَلارَم گَھڑی f (alāram ghaṛī), اَلارَم کْلاک m (alāram klāk), جَرَس گَھڑی f (jaras ghaṛī)
- Uzbek: qoʻngʻiroqli soat, budilʼnik
- Vietnamese: đồng hồ reo, đồng hồ báo thức
- Welsh: cloc larwm (cy)
- Yiddish: וועקער m (veker)
- Yoruba: wọnranran, àláàmù
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