knell

Significado (Inglês)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To ring a bell slowly, especially for a funeral; to toll.
2. (transitive) To signal or proclaim something (especially a death) by ringing a bell.
3. (transitive) To summon by, or as if by, ringing a bell.

Noun

1. The sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death).
2. (figuratively) A sign of the end or demise of something or someone.

Conceitos

soar

ajoelhar

dobre de finados

Sinônimos

ring

💍

strike

passing-bell

toll

peal

toast

death knell

funeral bell

funeral-knell

passing-knell

bell

🔔

tolling bell

chime

death bell

gong

Traduções

glas

🔔

doble

Totenglocke

campana a morto

tocar a muerto

toque de difuntos

doodsklok

toc de mort

ηχώ πένθιμα

πένθιμη κωδωνοκρουσία

χτυπώ καμπάνα

χτυπώ πένθιμα

tocar a morts

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/nɛl/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: knellen

Herdado de inglês arcaico: cnyllan

In summary

From Middle English knyllen, from Old English cnyllan (“to strike; knock; clap”), from Proto-West Germanic *knuʀlijan, from Proto-Germanic *knuzlijaną (“to beat; push; mash”), from Proto-Indo-European *gen- (“to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up”).