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Pronunciation / Transliteration: finados
"A falência do banco soou como o toque de finados para o mercado."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The tolling of a bell to announce a death or funeral.
"They heard the solemn death-knell echoing across the quiet village." - 2
An event, action, or phenomenon that marks the end, ruin, or failure of something.
"The introduction of cheap digital streaming proved to be the death-knell for many traditional video rental stores."
Thesaurus & Semantic Spectrum
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from Middle English, combining 'death' (from Old English 'dēaþ') and 'knell' (from Old English 'cnyllian', meaning to beat or ring a bell). Originally referring to the traditional tolling of a church bell to announce a person's death, the term evolved metaphorically by the 19th century to signify any event or phenomenon signaling the end, failure, or ruin of something.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Death-knell" is said worldwide
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grief
Transliteration: glas
Script: glas
"Ce scandale a sonné le glas de sa carrière politique."
Sterbeglöckchen
Transliteration: Sterbegloeckchen
"Diese Krise war das Totenglöckchen für das Unternehmen."
campana a morto
Transliteration: campana a morto
"Quella legge ha suonato la campana a morto per la piccola impresa."
sentencia de muerte
Transliteration: sentencia de muerte
"El nuevo impuesto fue el toque de agonía para el sector."
finados
Transliteration: finados
"A falência do banco soou como o toque de finados para o mercado."
अंतिम घंटी
Transliteration: antim ghanti
Script: हिंदी देवनागरी
"इस नीति ने पारंपरिक व्यवसायों के लिए अंतिम घंटी बजा दी है।"
丧钟
Transliteration: sàngzhōng
Script: 中文汉字
"这项新技术的出现敲响了传统胶片相机的丧钟。"
조종
Transliteration: jojong
Script: 한국어 한글
"이번 경제 위기는 그 프로젝트의 조종을 울렸다."
終焉の鐘
Transliteration: shūen no kane
Script: 日本語
"そのスキャンダルは彼の政治生命の終焉の鐘となった。"
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