Meanings
nounsmoke detector (plural smoke detectors)
plural smoke detectors · alternative smoke-detector
- A device that sounds an alarm when it detects smoke or other evidence of a fire.
Synonyms: ceiling bird, smoke alarm
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA device that sounds an alarm when it detects smoke or other evidence of a fire.
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Translations
Catalan detector de fum
- detector de fumdevice
Chinese Mandarin 煙霧探測器 /烟雾探测器, 煙霧報警器 /烟雾报警器
- 煙霧探測器 /烟雾探测器 (yānwù tàncèqì)device
- 煙霧報警器 /烟雾报警器 (yānwù bàojǐngqì)device
- 煙感探頭 /烟感探头 (yāngǎn tàntóu)device
Danish røgdetektor
- røgdetektordevice
Dutch rookmelder
- rookmelderdevice
Esperanto fumdetektilo
- fumdetektilodevice
Estonian suitsuandur
- suitsuandurdevice
Finnish savunilmaisin, savuhälytin
- savunilmaisindevice
- savuhälytindevice
French détecteur de fumée
- détecteur de fuméedevice
German Rauchmelder
- Rauchmelderdevice
Hungarian füstjelző
- füstjelződevice
Icelandic reykskynjari
- reykskynjaridevice
Indonesian pendeteksi asap
- pendeteksi asapdevice
Italian rivelatore di fumo
- rivelatore di fumodevice
Japanese 煙探知機
- 煙探知機 (kemuri-tanchiki)device
Korean 연기 감지기
- 연기 감지기device
Lithuanian dūmų daviklis
- dūmų daviklisdevice
Malay alat pengesan asap
- alat pengesan asapdevice
Norwegian Bokmål røykdetektor, røykvarsler
- røykdetektordevice
- røykvarslerdevice
Polish wykrywacz dymu
- wykrywacz dymudevice
Portuguese detetor de fumaça
- detetor de fumaçadevice
Russian дете́ктор ды́ма, дымова́я сигнализа́ция
- дете́ктор ды́ма (dɛtɛ́ktor dýma)device
- дымова́я сигнализа́ция (dymovája signalizácija)device
Swedish brandvarnare, rökdetektor
- brandvarnaredevice
- rökdetektordevice
Tagalog paniktik ng usok
- paniktik ng usokdevice
Turkish duman dedektörü
- duman dedektörüdevice
Welsh larwm mwg
- larwm mwgdevice
Cite this entry
APA
smoke detector. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smoke%20detector
MLA
“smoke detector.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smoke%20detector. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “smoke detector,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/smoke%20detector.
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