Definitions of knell [ɛl]

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Definition of 'knell'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) knell
the sound made by a bell rung slowly, esp. for a death or a funeral.

2.  knell
a sound or sign announcing someone's death or the end of something.

3.  knell
any mournful sound.

4. (v.i.) knell
(of a bell) to sound, as at a funeral.

5.  knell
to give forth a mournful, ominous, or warning sound.

6. (v.t.) knell
to proclaim or summon by or as if by a bell.

Etymology: (bef. 950; ME knellen, knyllen, OE cynllan; c. ON knylla to beat, strike; akin to D knallen to bang, MHG erknellen to resound)

Definition of 'knell'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (verb) knell
the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something

2. (verb) knell
ring as in announcing death

3. (verb) ring, knell
make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification
"Ring the bells"; "My uncle rings every Sunday at the local church"

Definition of 'knell'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) knell
the stoke of a bell tolled at a funeral or at the death of a person; a death signal; a passing bell; hence, figuratively, a warning of, or a sound indicating, the passing away of anything

2. (noun) knell
to sound as a knell; especially, to toll at a death or funeral; hence, to sound as a warning or evil omen

3. (verb) knell
to summon, as by a knell

Translation of 'knell'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: the sound of a bell giving warning of a death or funeral.
Afrikaans: doodsklok, gelui	Arabic: دَقَّة الحُزن بالجَرَس	Bulgarian: погребален звън
Brazilian: dobre	Czech: hrana, umíráček	German: die Totenglocke
Danish: begravelsesringning	Greek: πένθιμη κωδωνοκρουσία	Spanish: toque de difuntos
Estonian: hingekell	Farsi: صدای ناقوص عزا	Finnish: kuolinkellot
French: glas	Hebrew: צִלצול הַפַּעֲמוֹן	Hindi: घण्टा
Croatian: mrtvačko zvono	Hungarian: lélekharang	Indonesian: dentang lonceng
Icelandic: dapurlegur klukknahljómur	Italian: (campana a morto)	Japanese: 弔いの鐘
Korean: 종소리	Lithuanian: skambinimas varpais (už m	Latvian: kapa zvans
Malay: bunyi loceng petanda kema	Dutch: doodsklok	Norwegian: ringing til begravelse
Polish: podzwonne, dzwonżałobny	Persian: صدای ناقوص عزا	Pashto: شرنګهارلكه د زنګ په اعلان
Portuguese: dobre	Romanian: dangăt funebru	Russian: похоронный звон
Slovak: umieráčik	Slovenian: mrtvaški zvon	Serbian: zvonjava
Swedish: själaringning	Thai: เสียงระฆังในงานศพ	Turkish: matemçanı sesi
Taiwanese: 喪鐘聲	Ukrainian: похоронний дзвін	Urdu: گھنٹے کی آواز خصوصا کسی ک
Vietnamese: hồi chuông báo tử	Chinese: 丧钟声
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