English

Etymology
From Old French toquesain (modern tocsin#French|tocsin), from Provençal tocasenh, from tocar �strike, touch� + senh �bell�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/'t�ksɪn/
:Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-�ksɪn|-�ksɪn

Homophones
toxin

Noun
en-noun

1. a signal sounded by a bell or bells, especially an alarm

#:*1807: At half-past one, on the sounding of the tocsin (or bell of the public-house) about fifteen persons were collected, when the Rev. J. Bromley was called to the chair � The Times, 23 Aug 1804, p.3 col. C
#:*1970: As she entered the projection theatre the soundtrack reverberated across the sculpture garden, a melancholy tocsin modulated by Talbert�s less and less coherent commentary. � JG Ballard, The Atrocity Exhibition

French

Etymology
From Old French toquesain, from Provençal tocasenh, from tocar �strike, touch� + senh �bell�.

Pronunciation
IPA|/t�ks��/

Noun
tocsin m

1. an alarm, a tocsin#English|tocsin

de:tocsin
fr:tocsin
io:tocsin
ru:tocsin
te:tocsin
vi:tocsin

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