Claxon — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles

make a loud noise

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/kˈʌdʒlɚz/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪsˈəʊʃəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪsˈəʊʃəl/

2 syllables Say it as /kˈʌdʒlɚz/.

Examples

The horns of the taxis blared

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

toot beep klaxon blare honk

Parts of Speech

noun	a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles
verb	make a loud noise “The horns of the taxis blared”
verb	use the horn of a car

Word Forms

claxon	verb	make a loud noise
honker	noun	a driver who causes his car's horn to make a loud honking sound
beep	noun	a short high tone produced as a signal or warning
beeper	noun	an electronic device that generates a series of beeps when the person carrying it is being paged
claxon	noun	a kind of loud horn formerly used on motor vehicles
toot	noun	a blast of a horn

Around the World

Europe

🇷🇺Russian

клаксон

своего рода громкий звуковой сигнал, ранее использовавшийся на автомобилях

India

🇮🇳Hindi

क्लैक्सन

एक प्रकार का तेज़ हॉर्न जो पहले मोटर वाहनों पर बजाया जाता था

🇧🇩Bengali

ক্ল্যাক্সন

এক ধরনের উচ্চ শব্দের হর্ন যা আগে মোটর গাড়িতে ব্যবহৃত হত

🇮🇳Tamil

கிளாக்சன்

மோட்டார் வாகனங்களில் முன்பு பயன்படுத்தப்பட்ட ஒரு வகையான உரத்த ஹார்ன்

🇮🇳Telugu

క్లాక్సన్

గతంలో మోటారు వాహనాలపై ఉపయోగించే ఒక రకమైన బిగ్గరగా ఉండే హారన్

🇮🇳Marathi

क्लॅक्सन

पूर्वी मोटार वाहनांवर वापरलेला एक प्रकारचा मोठा आवाज

🇮🇳Gujarati

ક્લેક્સન

એક પ્રકારનો મોટેથી હોર્ન જે અગાઉ મોટર વાહનો પર વપરાતો હતો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕ್ಲಾಕ್ಸನ್

ಮೋಟಾರು ವಾಹನಗಳಲ್ಲಿ ಹಿಂದೆ ಬಳಸುತ್ತಿದ್ದ ಒಂದು ರೀತಿಯ ಜೋರಾಗಿ ಹಾರ್ನ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

ക്ലാക്സോൺ

മോട്ടോർ വാഹനങ്ങളിൽ മുമ്പ് ഉപയോഗിച്ചിരുന്ന ഒരു തരം ഉച്ചത്തിലുള്ള ഹോൺ

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਕਲੈਕਸਨ

ਇੱਕ ਕਿਸਮ ਦਾ ਉੱਚਾ ਹਾਰਨ ਪਹਿਲਾਂ ਮੋਟਰ ਵਾਹਨਾਂ 'ਤੇ ਵਰਤਿਆ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਸੀ

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

克拉克松

一种以前用于机动车辆的喇叭

🇯🇵Japanese

クラクソン

かつて自動車で使用されていた一種の大きなホーン

🇰🇷Korean

클랙슨

이전에 자동차에 사용되었던 일종의 큰 경적

🇹🇭Thai

แคล็กสัน

แตรชนิดหนึ่งที่เคยใช้กับยานยนต์

🇮🇩Indonesian

klakson

sejenis klakson keras yang dulunya digunakan pada kendaraan bermotor

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

كلاكسون

نوع من البوق العالي الذي كان يستخدم سابقًا في السيارات

🇮🇷Persian

کلاکسون

نوعی بوق با صدای بلند که قبلا در وسایل نقلیه موتوری استفاده می شد

🇹🇷Turkish

klakson

eskiden motorlu taşıtlarda kullanılan bir tür korna

🇮🇱Hebrew

קלקסון

מעין צופר רם ששימשה בעבר על כלי רכב ממונעים

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