knell
The sound of a bell knellingThe sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death).
» Your death knell has not sounded.
Meaning
2 sensesThe sound of a bell knelling; a toll (particularly one signalling a death).
Geläut, Abschiedsgeläut, letztes Geläut
звонzvon
the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something
(figuratively)A sign of the end or demise of something or someone.
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
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Origin
From Middle English knyllen, from Old English cnyllan (“to strike; knock; clap”), from ProFrom 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”).
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