doorbell

See also: door-bell

English

Etymology

From door +‎ bell.

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔː.bɛl/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈdɔɹ.bɛl/

Noun

doorbell (plural doorbells)

Sound of a doorbell.

A device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence. It can be mechanical, directly sounding a bell, or a button that electrically sounds a chime or buzzer inside the building.
A button that activates an electric doorbell.

Derived terms

Translations

device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence

Arabic: جَرَس الْبَاب m (jaras al-bāb), جَرَس m (jaras)
Armenian: դռան զանգ (dṙan zang)
Belarusian: дзвярны́ звано́к m (dzvjarný zvanók), звано́к m (zvanók)
Bulgarian: вхо́ден звъне́ц m (vhóden zvǎnéc)
Catalan: timbre (ca)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 門鐘／门钟 (mun⁴ zung¹)

Mandarin: 門鈴／门铃 (zh) (ménlíng), 電鈴／电铃 (zh) (diànlíng)
Czech: domovní zvonek m, zvonek (cs) m
Danish: dørklokke (da) c
Dutch: deurbel (nl) m or f, schel (nl) m or f (Suriname)
Esperanto: pordosonorilo
Estonian: uksekell
Finnish: ovikello (fi)
French: sonnette (fr) f
Galician: timbre (gl) m
Georgian: ზარი (ka) (zari)
German: Türklingel (de) f, Klingel (de) f, Türglocke (de) f, Hausglocke f (of a house)
Greek: κουδούνι πόρτας n (koudoúni pórtas)
Hindi: दर्वाज़ी की घंटी f (darvāzī kī ghaṇṭī), घंटी (hi) f (ghaṇṭī), दरवाज़े की घंटी f (darvāze kī ghaṇṭī)
Hungarian: csengő (hu), ajtócsengő (hu)
Icelandic: dyrabjalla (is) f
Ido: pordoklosheto (io)
Indonesian: bel pintu
Italian: campanello (it) m
Japanese: 呼び鈴 (ja) (よびりん, yobirin), ドアベル (doaberu), ドアチャイム (doachaimu), ベル (ja) (beru), 電鈴 (ja) (でんれい, denrei)
Korean: 초인종(招人鐘) (ko) (choinjong), 도어폰 (do'eopon), 벨 (bel), 전령(電鈴) (ko) (jeollyeong)
Low German:
German Low German: Döörklock f
Malay: loceng pintu
Norwegian:
Bokmål: dørklokke m or f

Nynorsk: dørklokke f
Ossetian: дуары дзӕнгӕрӕг (dwary ʒængæræg)
Persian: زنگ در (fa) (zang-e dar)
Polish: dzwonek do drzwi m, dzwonek (pl) m
Portuguese: campainha (pt) f
Romanian: sonerie (ro) f
Russian: дверно́й звоно́к (ru) m (dvernój zvonók), звоно́к (ru) m (zvonók)
Spanish: timbre (es) m
Swedish: dörrklocka (sv) c
Thai: ออด (ɔ̀ɔt), กริ่ง (th) (grìng)
Turkish: zil (tr), kapı zili
Ukrainian: две́рний дзвіно́к m (dvérnyj dzvinók), дзвіно́к m (dzvinók)
Urdu: دروازے کی گھنٹی f (darvāze kī ghanṭī), گھنٹی f (ghanṭī)
Vietnamese: chuông cửa

Verb

doorbell (third-person singular simple present doorbells, present participle doorbelling, simple past and past participle doorbelled)

(intransitive) To ring many doorbells in an effort to contact people and thereby spread information or solicit.
(transitive) To 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.

Anagrams

bordello