How to pronounce “siren”

Meaning

• [Noun]
• (Greek mythology) One of a group of nymphs who lured mariners to their death on the rocks.
• One who sings sweetly and charms.
• A dangerously seductive woman.
• A member of Sirenia, an order of mammals.
• A member of a genus of aquatic salamanders of the family Sirenidae, commonly used for all species in the family Sirenidae.
• Any of various nymphalid butterflies of the genus Hestina.
• A device, either mechanical or electronic, that makes a piercingly loud sound as an alarm or signal, or the sound from such a device. [from 1879]
• (music) A musical instrument, one of the few aerophones in the percussion section of the symphony orchestra (patented as Acme Siren in 1895).
• An instrument for demonstrating the laws of beats and combination tones.
• (astronomy, astrophysics) An astrophysical event that can be used for calculating cosmic distances.
• [Verb]
• (intransitive) To make a noise with, or as if with, a siren.
• (intransitive) To drive with a siren on.
• [Adjective]
• Relating to or like a siren.

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