Definitions for siren
ˈsaɪ rənsiren

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sirennoun

   a sea nymph (part woman and part bird) supposed to lure sailors to destruction on the rocks where the nymphs lived

   "Odysseus ordered his crew to plug their ears so they would not hear the Siren's fatal song"

2. enchantress, temptress, siren, Delilah, femme fatalenoun

   a woman who is considered to be dangerously seductive

3. sirennoun

   a warning signal that is a loud wailing sound

4. sirennoun

   an acoustic device producing a loud often wailing sound as a signal or warning

5. sirennoun

   eellike aquatic North American salamander with small forelimbs and no hind limbs; have permanent external gills

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. sirennoun

   (original sense) One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.

2. sirennoun

   A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal.

3. sirennoun

   A dangerously seductive woman.

4. sirennoun

   A common name for salamanders of Siren and Sirenidae.

5. sirennoun

   A common name for mammals of Sirenia.

6. sirenadjective

   relating to or like a siren

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sirennoun

   A goddess who enticed men by singing, and devoured them; any mischievous enticer.

   Etymology: Latin.

   Oh train me not, sweet mermaid, with thy note,
   To drown me in thy sister’s flood of tears:
   Sing, siren, to thyself, and I will dote;
   Spread o’er the silver waves thy golden hair,
   And as a-bed I’ll take thee, and there lie. William Shakespeare.

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Siren

   Siren (サイレン, Sairen) is a song by Japanese rock band Asian Kung-Fu Generation. It was released as the lead single of their second full-length studio album, Sol-fa, on April 4, 2004. With the band's then-newly emerging popularity, the single managed to debut at number two on the Oricon charts. Although the song's B-side, "Siren#," shares a nearly identical title with the single, the two are somewhat different from each other. While both retain the same instrumental, the lyrics and melody of "Siren#" are different from that of "Siren." In a sense, "Siren#" can be considered a continuation or a remix of its A-side.

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1. siren

   A siren is a device that produces loud, attention-grabbing sounds, typically as a warning or alert. It is often used on emergency vehicles such as police cars, ambulances, and fire trucks to announce their approach and clear the path. It can also refer to an alarm or signal for danger. In mythology, a siren is a creature, especially a woman, who is seductive and lures people towards potential danger, often represented as mermaid-like creatures who lured sailors to their demise with their enchanting music and singing voices.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Sirennoun

   one of three sea nymphs, -- or, according to some writers, of two, -- said to frequent an island near the coast of Italy, and to sing with such sweetness that they lured mariners to destruction

2. Sirennoun

   an enticing, dangerous woman

3. Sirennoun

   something which is insidious or deceptive

4. Sirennoun

   a mermaid

5. Sirennoun

   any long, slender amphibian of the genus Siren or family Sirenidae, destitute of hind legs and pelvis, and having permanent external gills as well as lungs. They inhabit the swamps, lagoons, and ditches of the Southern United States. The more common species (Siren lacertina) is dull lead-gray in color, and becames two feet long

6. Sirennoun

   an instrument for producing musical tones and for ascertaining the number of sound waves or vibrations per second which produce a note of a given pitch. The sounds are produced by a perforated rotating disk or disks. A form with two disks operated by steam or highly compressed air is used sounding an alarm to vessels in fog

7. Sirenadjective

   of or pertaining to a siren; bewitching, like a siren; fascinating; alluring; as, a siren song

8. Etymology: [L., fr. Gr. : cf. F. sirne.]

WikidataRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Siren

   In Greek mythology, the Sirens were dangerous and beautiful creatures, portrayed as femme fatales who lured nearby sailors with their enchanting music and voices to shipwreck on the rocky coast of their island. Roman poets placed them on some small islands called Sirenum scopuli. In some later, rationalized traditions, the literal geography of the "flowery" island of Anthemoessa, or Anthemusa, is fixed: sometimes on Cape Pelorum and at others in the islands known as the Sirenuse, near Paestum, or in Capreae. All such locations were surrounded by cliffs and rocks. When the Sirens were given a name of their own they were considered the daughters of the river god Achelous, fathered upon Terpsichore, Melpomene, Sterope, or Chthon. Although they lured mariners, for the Greeks the Sirens in their "meadow starred with flowers" were not sea deities. Roman writers linked the Sirens more closely to the sea, as daughters of Phorcys. Sirens are found in many Greek stories, particularly in Homer's Odyssey. Their number is variously reported as between two and five. In the Odyssey, Homer says nothing of their origin or names, but gives the number of the Sirens as two. Later writers mention both their names and number: some state that there were three, Peisinoe, Aglaope, and Thelxiepeia or Parthenope, Ligeia, and Leucosia; Eustathius states that they were two, Aglaopheme and Thelxiepeia. Their individual names are variously rendered in the later sources as Thelxiepeia/Thelxiope/Thelxinoe, Molpe, Himerope, Aglaophonos/Aglaope/Aglaopheme, Pisinoe/Peisinoë/Peisithoe, Parthenope, Ligeia, Leucosia, Raidne, and Teles.

Chambers 20th Century DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Siren

   sī′ren, n. (Gr. myth.) one of certain sea-nymphs who sat on the shores of an island between Circe's isle and Scylla, near the south-western coast of Italy, and sang with bewitching sweetness songs that allured the passing sailor to draw near, only to meet with death: a fascinating woman, any one insidious and deceptive: an instrument which produces musical sounds by introducing a regularly recurring discontinuity into an otherwise steady blast of air: an instrument for demonstrating the laws of beats and combination tones: an eel-like, amphibious animal, with only one pair of feet, inhabiting swamps in the southern states of North America.—adj. pertaining to, or like, a siren: fascinating.—n. Sirē′nia, an order of aquatic mammals now represented by the dugong (Halicore) and the manatee (Manatus).—adj. Sirē′nian.—v.i. Sī′renise, to play the siren. [L. siren—Gr. seirēn, prob. seira, a cord.]

The Nuttall EncyclopediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Siren

   an instrument for measuring the number of aërial vibrations per second, and thereby the pitch of a given note.

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1. siren

   Song lyrics by siren -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by siren on the Lyrics.com website.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. SIREN

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Siren is ranked #87663 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Siren surname appeared 212 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Siren.
   
   91.5% or 194 total occurrences were White.
   3.3% or 7 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Acoustic Device
   • Alarm
   • Salamander
   • Sea Nymph
   • Woman

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Anagrams for siren »

1. reins

2. resin

3. rinse

4. risen

5. serin

How to pronounce siren?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say siren in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of siren in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of siren in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of siren in a Sentence

1. Manuel Martins:

   When the siren sounded again, it was a joy, i opened the window just to hear it.

2. South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley:

   During anxious times, it can be tempting to follow the siren call of the angriest voices, we must resist that temptation. No one who is willing to work hard, abide by our laws, and love our traditions should ever feel unwelcome in this country.

3. Susie Lee:

   Siren's touchstones always reference what I discern works in real life, give women the chance to send subtle cues of interest, men to show off a little of who they are, friends to recommend good men and people to make each other smile.

4. John Veron:

   It's more than an alarm bell, it's an air raid siren.

5. Leonidas Constantinidis:

   Where I was I did not hear any siren, any alarm. Nothing seemed to work, the fire sprinklers, the fire extinguishers, nothing was working, they let the ferry go up in flames with all the people still onboard.

Popularity rank by frequency of use

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=siren
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Siren
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=siren
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siren
5. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
6. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/siren
7. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=siren
8. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=siren
9. ^ The Nuttall Encyclopedia
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/12342/pg12342-images.html#Siren
10. ^ Surnames Frequency by Census Records
    https://www.census.gov/topics/population/genealogy/data/2010_surnames.html
11. ^ Usage in printed sources
    https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=siren