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Pronunciation / Transliteration: jhoothi chetavni
"यह अलार्म एक झूठी चेतावनी थी।"
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A situation in which a warning or alert is issued but no actual danger or emergency exists.
"The fire alarm turned out to be a false alarm, and everyone returned to their activities." - 2
An instance of mistakenly believing that a threat is present when it is not.
"The police responded quickly to the call, but it was just a false alarm."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
The term 'false alarm' combines 'false', derived from Old English 'fals', meaning deceptive or untrue, and 'alarm', from the Italian 'all'arme', meaning 'to arms', which evolved in the 16th century to signify a warning or alert. The phrase reflects a historical context where alerts were often issued for imminent danger, but sometimes proved to be unfounded.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "False Alarm" is said worldwide
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fausse alarme
Transliteration: fohss ah-lahrm
"L'alarme s'est révélée être une fausse alarme."
falscher Alarm
Transliteration: fal-sher ah-lahm
"Der Feueralarm war ein falscher Alarm."
falso allarme
Transliteration: fal-so al-lar-meh
"L'allerta si è rivelata un falso allarme."
falsa alarma
Transliteration: fal-sah al-ar-mah
"La alarma resultó ser una falsa alarma."
falsa alarme
Transliteration: fal-sah ah-lar-meh
"O alarme foi um falso alarme."
झूठी चेतावनी
Transliteration: jhoothi chetavni
"यह अलार्म एक झूठी चेतावनी थी।"
虚假警报
Transliteration: xūjiǎ jǐngbào
"这个警报是虚假警报。"
허위 경고
Transliteration: heowi gyeonggo
"이 경고는 허위 경고였습니다."
偽の警報
Transliteration: nise no keihō
"その警報は偽の警報でした。"
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