sirene
Portuguese, noun/siˈɾẽ.ni/
sirene is spelled S-I-R-E-N-E (6 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 26,665th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sirene is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “siren (device that produces a piercing loud sounds as an alarm of signal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “aparelho destinado a emitir avisos sonoros”.
What does sirene mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesiren (device that produces a piercing loud sounds as an alarm of signal)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. aparelho destinado a emitir avisos sonoros 2. sereia
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sirene
- sirenes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sirene?
- Brazil /siˈɾẽ.ni/
- Portugal /siˈɾɛ.nɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sirene
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sirene in Portuguese?
sirene appears 1.5 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).