doorbell

See also: door-bell

English

Etymology

From door +‎ bell.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔː.bɛl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔɹ.bɛl/

Noun

doorbell (plural doorbells)

Sound of a doorbell.

1. A device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence. It can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building.
2. A button that activates an electric doorbell.

Derived terms

• devil's doorbell
• ring the devil's doorbell
• smart doorbell
• video doorbell

 

Translations

device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence

• Arabic: جَرَس الْبَاب m (jaras al-bāb), جَرَس m (jaras)
• Armenian: դռան զանգ (dṙan zang)
• Belarusian: дзвярны́ звано́к m (dzvjarný zvanók), звано́к m (zvanók)
• Bulgarian: вхо́ден звъне́ц m (vhóden zvǎnéc)
• Catalan: timbre (ca)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 門鐘／门钟 (mun⁴ zung¹)

  Mandarin: 門鈴／门铃 (zh) (ménlíng), 電鈴／电铃 (zh) (diànlíng)

• Czech: domovní zvonek m, zvonek (cs) m
• Danish: dørklokke (da) c
• Dutch: deurbel (nl) m or f, schel (nl) m or f (Suriname)
• Esperanto: pordosonorilo
• Estonian: uksekell
• Finnish: ovikello (fi)
• French: sonnette (fr) f
• Galician: timbre (gl) m
• Georgian: ზარი (ka) (zari)
• German: Türklingel (de) f, Klingel (de) f, Türglocke (de) f, Hausglocke f (of a house)
• Greek: κουδούνι πόρτας n (koudoúni pórtas)
• Hindi: दर्वाज़ी की घंटी f (darvāzī kī ghaṇṭī), घंटी (hi) f (ghaṇṭī), दरवाज़े की घंटी f (darvāze kī ghaṇṭī)
• Hungarian: csengő (hu), ajtócsengő (hu)
• Icelandic: dyrabjalla (is) f
• Ido: pordoklosheto (io)
• Indonesian: bel pintu
• Italian: campanello (it) m
• Japanese: 呼び鈴 (ja) (よびりん, yobirin), ドアベル (doaberu), ドアチャイム (doachaimu), ベル (ja) (beru), 電鈴 (ja) (でんれい, denrei)
• Korean: 초인종(招人鐘) (ko) (choinjong), 도어폰 (do'eopon), 벨 (bel), 전령(電鈴) (ko) (jeollyeong)
• Low German:

  German Low German: Döörklock f

• Malay: loceng pintu
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: dørklokke m or f

  Nynorsk: dørklokke f

• Ossetian: дуары дзӕнгӕрӕг (dwary ʒængæræg)
• Persian: زنگ در (fa) (zang-e dar)
• Polish: dzwonek do drzwi m, dzwonek (pl) m
• Portuguese: campainha (pt) f
• Romanian: sonerie (ro) f
• Russian: дверно́й звоно́к (ru) m (dvernój zvonók), звоно́к (ru) m (zvonók)
• Spanish: timbre (es) m
• Swedish: dörrklocka (sv) c
• Thai: ออด (ɔ̀ɔt), กริ่ง (th) (grìng)
• Turkish: zil (tr), kapı zili
• Ukrainian: две́рний дзвіно́к m (dvérnyj dzvinók), дзвіно́к m (dzvinók)
• Urdu: دروازے کی گھنٹی f (darvāze kī ghanṭī), گھنٹی f (ghanṭī)
• Vietnamese: chuông cửa

Verb

doorbell (third-person singular simple present doorbells, present participle doorbelling, simple past and past participle doorbelled)

1. (intransitive) To ring many doorbells in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit.
2. (transitive) To ring many doorbells of (target people or an area) in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit.

   We doorbelled the whole district in an effort to get out the vote.

Anagrams

• bordello