claxon

claxon (plural claxons)

1. Alternative spelling of klaxon.
   • 2007, Thomas E. Lightburn, chapter 11, in The Shield and the Shark, Cambridge: Vanguard Press, →ISBN, page 173:

     When the claxon sounded they immediately stopped what they were doing and uncovered the Oerlikon. Paddy, who was ammunition feeder, stood by while Jock trained the 20mm gun around.

Borrowed from English klaxon.

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɑk.sɔn/, (dated) /ˈklɛk.sɔn/

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• Hyphenation: cla‧xon

claxon m (plural claxons, diminutive claxonnetje n)

1. horn (especially on a motor vehicle)

   Synonym: toeter

• → Indonesian: klakson

Borrowed from French klaxon.

claxon n (plural claxoane)

1. klaxon
2. the horn of an automobile, bus, or truck

• claxón

Borrowed from English klaxon.

• IPA^(key): /ˈklaɡson/ [ˈklaɣ̞.sõn]
• Rhymes: -aɡson
• Syllabification: cla‧xon

claxon m (plural cláxones)

1. horn (loud alarm, especially on a motor vehicle)

   Synonym: bocina

• “claxon”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024