Meanings
noundoorbell (plural doorbells)
plural doorbells
- A bell, buzzer, or chime device mounted on or adjacent to a door's exterior, meant to be rung by a visitor to announce one's presence.
There are, of course, smart speakers (which roughly a quarter of American homes have) and smart thermostats, as well as smart thermometers, smart mattress covers, smart coffee makers, smart doorbells, and even, yes, smart toasters.
2018 December 18, Joe Pinsker, “The Coming Commodification of Life at Home”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 25 Jan 2019
verbdoorbell (third-person singular simple present doorbells, present participle doorbelling, simple past and past participle doorbelled)
present singular third person doorbells · participle present doorbelling · participle past doorbelled · past doorbelled
- intransitiveTo ring many doorbells in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit.
- transitiveTo 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.
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
Broader
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Arabic جَرَس الْبَاب, جَرَس
- جَرَس الْبَاب (jaras al-bāb)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
- جَرَس (jaras)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Bulgarian вхо́ден звъне́ц
- вхо́ден звъне́ц (vhóden zvănéc)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Catalan timbre
- timbredevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Chinese Cantonese 門鐘 /门钟
- 門鐘 /门钟 (mun⁴ zung¹)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Chinese Mandarin 門鈴 /门铃, 電鈴 /电铃
- 門鈴 /门铃 (ménlíng)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
- 電鈴 /电铃 (diànlíng)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Czech domovní zvonek, zvonek
- domovní zvonekdevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
- zvonekdevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Danish dørklokke
- dørklokkedevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Dutch deurbel, schel
- deurbeldevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
- scheldevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Esperanto pordosonorilo
- pordosonorilodevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Estonian uksekell
- uksekelldevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Finnish ovikello
- ovikellodevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
French sonnette
- sonnettedevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
German Türklingel, Klingel
- Türklingeldevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
- Klingeldevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
- Türglockedevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
- Hausglockedevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Greek κουδούνι πόρτας
- κουδούνι πόρτας (koudoúni pórtas)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Hindi दर्वाज़ी की घंटी, घंटी
- दर्वाज़ी की घंटी (darvāzī kī ghaṇṭī)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
- घंटी (ghaṇṭī)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
- दरवाज़े की घंटी (darvāze kī ghaṇṭī)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Hungarian csengő, ajtócsengő
- csengődevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
- ajtócsengődevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Icelandic dyrabjalla
- dyrabjalladevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Indonesian bel pintu
- bel pintudevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Italian campanello
- campanellodevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Japanese 呼び鈴, ドアベル
- 呼び鈴 (yobirin)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
- ドアベル (doaberu)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
- ドアチャイム (doachaimu)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
- ベル (beru)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
- 電鈴 (denrei)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Korean 초인종, 도어폰
- 초인종 (choinjong)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
- 도어폰 (do'eopon)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
- 벨 (bel)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
- 전령 (jeollyeong)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Malay loceng pintu
- loceng pintudevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Norwegian Bokmål dørklokke, ringeklokke
- dørklokkedevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
- ringeklokkedevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Polish dzwonek do drzwi, dzwonek
- dzwonek do drzwidevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
- dzwonekdevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Portuguese campainha
- campainhadevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Punjabi ਘੰਟੀ, گَھنْٹِی
- ਘੰਟੀ (ghaṇṭī)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
- گَھنْٹِی (ghanṭī)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Romanian sonerie
- soneriedevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Russian дверно́й звоно́к, звоно́к
- дверно́й звоно́к (dvernój zvonók)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
- звоно́к (zvonók)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Spanish timbre
- timbredevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Swedish dörrklocka
- dörrklockadevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Tagalog timbre, dorbel
- timbredevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
- dorbeldevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Thai ออด, กริ่ง
- ออด (ɔ̀ɔt)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
- กริ่ง (grìng)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Turkish zil, kapı zili
- zildevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
- kapı zilidevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Ukrainian дверни́й дзвіно́к, дзвіно́к
- дверни́й дзвіно́к (dvernýj dzvinók)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
- дзвіно́к (dzvinók)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Urdu گَھنْٹِی
- گَھنْٹِی (ghanṭī)device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
Vietnamese chuông cửa
- chuông cửadevice on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence
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Cite this entry
APA
doorbell. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doorbell
MLA
“doorbell.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doorbell. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “doorbell,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/doorbell.
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