sirène
French
noun
Definitions
- siren, alarm
- (mythology) mermaid, siren
- (figuratively) siren, temptress, seducer
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sirēna, Sīrēn (siren) derived from Ancient Greek Σειρήν.
Origin
Ancient Greek
Σειρήν
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- syringa English
- syrinx English
- syrinks Finnish
- syrinx Finnish
- Siren Latin
- Sirēn Latin
- Sīrēn Latin
- Sīrēna Latin
- siren Latin
- sirena Latin
- sirēna Latin
- sȳrinx Latin
- sirena Italian
- sering Dutch, Flemish
- syrinx Dutch, Flemish
- sirena Spanish, Castilian
- Σειρήν Ancient Greek
- σῦριγξ Ancient Greek
- *twerH- Proto-Indo-European
- sirena Portuguese
- syrena Polish
- syrenka Polish
- Síréana Irish
- sirene Danish
- sereine Old French
- sirena Catalan, Valencian
- sirena Galician
- sirēne Middle High German
- *serẽa Old Portuguese
- serena Asturian
- sirēna LL