death knell
death knell · death knells
погребальный звон, страшное предзнаменование
Totenglocke, Totengeläut, Todesstoß
The tolling of a bell announcing deathThe tolling of a bell announcing death.
/dɛθ nɛl/
» Your death knell has not sounded.
Meaning
2 sensesThe tolling of a bell announcing death.
Totenglocke, Totengeläut
погреба́льный звонpogrebálʹnyj zvon
a bell rung to announce a death
(broadly)A marker, sign or omen foretelling the imminent end, death or destruction of something.
Todesstoß
погреба́льный звонpogrebálʹnyj zvon, стра́шное предзнаменова́ниеstrášnoje predznamenovánije
an omen of death or destruction
Examples
3 sentencesYour death knell has not sounded.
Apparently "the iPhone sounds the death knell for the Internet."
That would sound the death knell for many industrial undertakings.
Translations
6 languagesРусский
By meaning 2
tolling of a bell announcing death:
sign foretelling the death or destruction of something:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
tolling of a bell announcing death:
sign foretelling the death or destruction of something:
Forms
plural: death knellsSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- a bell rung to announce a death:death bell