Meaning

14 senses
  1. A percussive instrument made of metal or other hard material, typically but not always in the shape of an inverted cup with a flared rim, which resonates when struck.

    Glocke, Glogg

    ко́локолkólokol, колоко́льчикkolokólʹčik

    дзвінdzvin, дзво́никdzvónyk

    a hollow device made of metal that makes a ringing sound when struck

  2. An instrument that emits a ringing sound, situated on a bicycle's handlebar and used by the cyclist to warn of their presence.

    Fahrradglocke, Fahrradklingel, Glocke

    звонокzvonok

  3. The sounding of a bell as a signal.

    Glocke, Gong, Klingel

    звонzvon, звоно́кzvonók

    дзвіно́кdzvinók

    the shape of a bell

  4. (UK, informal)A telephone call.

    I’ll give you a bell later.

    Anruf, Telefonanruf, Telefonat

    звоно́кzvonók

    дзвіно́кdzvinók

  5. A signal at a school that tells the students when a class is starting or ending.

    Klingel, Schelle, Glocke

    звоно́кzvonók

    дзвіно́кdzvinók

  6. The flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument.

    ра́струбrástrub

  7. Any of a series of strokes on a bell (or similar), struck every half hour to indicate the time (within a four hour watch)

    скля́нкаskljánka

    (nautical) each of the eight half-hour units of nautical time signaled by strokes of a ship's bell; eight bells signals 4:00, 8:00, or 12:00 o'clock, either a.m. or p.m.

  8. The flared end of a pipe, designed to mate with a narrow spigot.

  9. The bell character.

    the sound of a bell being struck

  10. Anything shaped like a bell, such as the cup or corolla of a flower.

  11. The part of the capital of a column included between the abacus and neck molding; also used for the naked core of nearly cylindrical shape, assumed to exist within the leafage of a capital.

  12. The rounded upper part of a jellyfish.

Examples

438 sentences
  1. We were saved by the bell.

    Нас врятував дзвоник. — shanghainese

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  2. That doesn't ring a bell.

    Нічого не спадає на думку. — deniko

    ruМне это ни о чём не говорит. — Wezel

  3. He arrived after the bell rang.

    Він прибув після того, як пролунав дзвінок. — oromashka

    ruОн прибыл после того, как прозвенел звонок. — AntonKhorev

    deEr kam an, nachdem die Glocke geläutet hatte. — Yorwba

  4. The bell rang, and the train began to move.

    Задзвенів дзвоник і поїзд почав рухатися. — ChickenKiev

    ruЗазвенел колокол, и поезд пришёл в движение. — Wezel

    deDie Klingel läutete und der Zug setzte sich in Bewegung. — Tamy

  5. There's the bell.

    Дзвінок! — Oheto

    ruЗвонок! — marafon

    deDa ist die Klingel. — nemoli

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
percussive instrument:
sounding of a bell as a signal:
Русский
By meaning 5
percussive instrument:
an instrument situated on a bicycle's handlebar:
sounding of a bell as a signal:
the flared end of a brass or woodwind instrument:
nautical: any of a series of strokes struck to indicate time:
Deutsch
By meaning 5
percussive instrument:
an instrument situated on a bicycle's handlebar:
sounding of a bell as a signal:
informal: telephone call:
signal at a school:

Origin

Inherited from Middle English belle, from Old English belle, from Proto-West Germanic *bel

Inherited from Middle English belle, from Old English belle, from Proto-West Germanic *bellā, from Proto-Germanic *bellǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-.

From Middle English bellen, from Old English bellan (“to bellow; make a hollow noise; roar; bark; grunt”), from Proto-Germanic *bellaną (“to sound; roar; bark”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰel- (“to sound; roar; bark”). Cognate with Scots bell (“to shout; speak loudly”), Dutch bellen (“to ring”), German Low German bellen (“to ring”), German bellen (“to bark”), Swedish böla (“to low; bellow; roar”).

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Forms

plural: bells
Singularbell
Pluralbells

regular

Synonyms

19 synonyms
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in heraldry:campane
Close in meaning

Word family

176 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • the bell rang
  • bell rang
  • ring the bell
  • ring a bell
  • the church bells
  • heard the bell
  • bells are ringing
  • after the bell
  • church bells
  • hear the bell
  • when the bell
  • the bell had

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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