klaxon
klax·on
klaxon · klaxons · klaxoned · klaxoning
To produce a loud, siren-like wailTo produce a loud, siren-like wail.
/ˈklæksən/
Meaning
1 sensesTo produce a loud, siren-like wail.
Origin
From the trademark Klaxon, based on Ancient Greek κλάζω (klázō, “make a sharp sound; screaFrom the trademark Klaxon, based on Ancient Greek κλάζω (klázō, “make a sharp sound; scream”). The word was coined by Franklyn Hallett Lovell Jr., the founder of the Lovell-McConnell Manufacturing Co. of Newark, New Jersey, USA, which in 1908 obtained a licence of the patent to the machine generating the sound from American inventor Miller Reese Hutchison (1876–1944).
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Forms
klaxons, klaxoning, klaxoned, klaxonedWord family
1 related wordsDerivedklaxoning
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle