alarm clock

noun

A clock designed to sound an alert at a preset time, primarily to wake someone from sleep.

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Meanings

nounalarm clock (plural alarm clocks)

plural alarm clocks · alternative archaic alarum clock

  1. A clock designed to sound an alert at a preset time, primarily to wake someone from sleep.

    "I should suggest an alarum clock," he said briskly. "I always use one myself for fear of oversleeping.[…]"

    1929, Agatha Christie, The Seven Dials Mystery

Synonyms & antonyms

nouna clock that wakes a sleeper at some preset time

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Translations

Afrikaans wekker
  • wekkertype of clock
Arabic مُنَبِّه, سَاعَة مُنَبِّهَة
  • مُنَبِّه (munabbih)type of clock
  • سَاعَة مُنَبِّهَة (sāʕa munabbiha)type of clock
Bengali এলার্ম ঘড়ি
  • এলার্ম ঘড়ি (êlarmghoṛi)type of clock
Bulgarian буди́лник
  • буди́лник (budílnik)type of clock
Catalan despertador
  • despertadortype of clock
Chinese Cantonese 鬧鐘 /闹钟
  • 鬧鐘 /闹钟 (naau⁶ zung¹)type of clock
Chinese Mandarin 鬧鐘 /闹钟
  • 鬧鐘 /闹钟 (nàozhōng)type of clock
Czech budík
  • budíktype of clock
Danish vækkeur
  • vækkeurtype of clock
Dutch wekker
  • wekkertype of clock
Esperanto vekhorloĝo
  • vekhorloĝotype of clock
Estonian äratuskell
  • äratuskelltype of clock
Finnish herätyskello, vekkari
  • herätyskellotype of clock
  • vekkaritype of clock
French réveil, réveille-matin
  • réveiltype of clock
  • réveille-matintype of clock
  • cadrantype of clock
German Wecker, Weckuhr
  • Weckertype of clock
  • Weckuhrtype of clock
Greek ξυπνητήρι
  • ξυπνητήρι (xypnitíri)type of clock
Hebrew שָׁעוֹן מְעוֹרֵר
  • שָׁעוֹן מְעוֹרֵר (sha'ón m'orér)type of clock
Hindi अलार्म घड़ी, अलार्म क्लॉक
  • अलार्म घड़ी (alārm ghaṛī)type of clock
  • अलार्म क्लॉक (alārm klŏk)type of clock
Hungarian ébresztőóra, vekker
  • ébresztőóratype of clock
  • vekkertype of clock
  • csörgőóratype of clock
Icelandic vekjaraklukka
  • vekjaraklukkatype of clock
Indonesian beker
  • bekertype of clock
Italian sveglia
  • svegliatype of clock
Japanese 目覚まし時計
  • 目覚まし時計 (mezamashidokei)type of clock
Korean 자명종, 알람시계
  • 자명종 (jamyeongjong)type of clock
  • 알람시계 (allamsigye)type of clock
Latvian modinātājs, modinātājpulkstenis
  • modinātājstype of clock
  • modinātājpulkstenistype of clock
Lithuanian žadintuvas
  • žadintuvastype of clock
Malay penggera, jam loceng
  • penggeratype of clock
  • jam locengtype of clock
Norwegian Bokmål vekkerklokke, vekkeklokke
  • vekkerklokketype of clock
  • vekkeklokketype of clock
Polish budzik
  • budziktype of clock
Portuguese despertador, alarme
  • despertadortype of clock
  • alarmetype of clock
Romanian ceas cu alarmă, ceas deșteptător
  • ceas cu alarmătype of clock
  • ceas deșteptătortype of clock
Russian буди́льник
  • буди́льник (budílʹnik)type of clock
Scottish Gaelic uaireadair-dùsgaidh, alàram
  • uaireadair-dùsgaidhtype of clock
  • alàramtype of clock
Slovak budík
  • budíktype of clock
Spanish despertador, reloj despertador
  • despertadortype of clock
  • reloj despertadortype of clock
Swedish väckarklocka
  • väckarklockatype of clock
Tagalog alarma orasan, despertador
  • alarma orasantype of clock
  • despertadortype of clock
Thai นาฬิกาปลุก
  • นาฬิกาปลุก (naa-lí-gaa-bplùk)type of clock
Turkish çalar saat
  • çalar saattype of clock
Ukrainian буди́льник
  • буди́льник (budýlʹnyk)type of clock
Urdu اَلارَم گَھڑی, اَلارَم کْلاک
  • اَلارَم گَھڑی (alāram ghaṛī)type of clock
  • اَلارَم کْلاک (alāram klāk)type of clock
  • جَرَس گَھڑی (jaras ghaṛī)type of clock
Vietnamese đồng hồ reo, đồng hồ báo thức
  • đồng hồ reotype of clock
  • đồng hồ báo thứctype of clock
Welsh cloc larwm
  • cloc larwmtype of clock
Yiddish וועקער
  • וועקער (veker)type of clock
Cite this entry
APA

alarm clock. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alarm%20clock

MLA

“alarm clock.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alarm%20clock. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “alarm clock,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/alarm%20clock.

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