tocsin

common noun

Syllable Decomposition

tocsin

from toc and sin, signature (see blanc-seing and contreseing), coming from the Latin signum ("signal") see sino "bell" in Portuguese.

Definitions

Plural

tocsins

Translations

  • germangerman:Sturmglocke
  • englishenglish:tocsin
  • spanishspanish:rebato
  • dutchdutch:stormklok

See also

tocsinner (v.)