The word “siren” often evokes images of emergency vehicles, mythological creatures, or loud alarms, all meant to grab attention. While the concept of a siren is recognized globally, the term for it varies across different languages. In this article, we’ll explore how the word for “siren” is expressed in 70 different languages.
Here is a list of how to say “siren” in 70 different languages:
- Albanian (🇦🇱) – Sirenë | Pronunciation: See-reh-nuh
- Arabic (Standard) (🇸🇦) – صفارة إنذار (Saffarat Indhar) | Pronunciation: Saf-fa-rah In-dhar
- Armenian (🇦🇲) – Շչակ (Shchak) | Pronunciation: Sh-chak
- Azerbaijani (🇦🇿) – Sirena | Pronunciation: See-reh-nah
- Basque (🇪🇸) – Sirena | Pronunciation: See-reh-nah
- Belarusian (🇧🇾) – Сірэна (Sirena) | Pronunciation: See-reh-nah
- Bengali (🇧🇩) – সাইরেন (Sāirēn) | Pronunciation: Sai-ren
- Bosnian (🇧🇦) – Sirena | Pronunciation: See-reh-nah
- Bulgarian (🇧🇬) – Сирена (Sirena) | Pronunciation: See-reh-nah
- Catalan (🇪🇸 – Catalonia) – Sirena | Pronunciation: See-reh-nah
- Czech (🇨🇿) – Siréna | Pronunciation: See-reh-nah
- Danish (🇩🇰) – Sirene | Pronunciation: See-reh-neh
- Dutch (🇳🇱) – Sirene | Pronunciation: See-reh-neh
- English (🇺🇸 / 🇬🇧) – Siren | Pronunciation: Sigh-ren
- Estonian (🇪🇪) – Sireen | Pronunciation: See-reen
- Farsi (Persian) (🇮🇷) – آژیر (Āzhīr) | Pronunciation: Ah-zheer
- Finnish (🇫🇮) – Sireeni | Pronunciation: See-reh-nee
- French (🇫🇷) – Sirène | Pronunciation: See-ren
- Georgian (🇬🇪) – სირენა (Sirena) | Pronunciation: See-reh-nah
- German (🇩🇪) – Sirene | Pronunciation: See-reh-neh
- Greek (🇬🇷) – Σειρήνα (Seirína) | Pronunciation: See-ree-nah
- Hebrew (🇮🇱) – סירנה (Sirena) | Pronunciation: See-reh-nah
- Hindi (🇮🇳) – सायरन (Sāyran) | Pronunciation: Sai-run
- Hungarian (🇭🇺) – Sziréna | Pronunciation: See-reh-nah
- Icelandic (🇮🇸) – Sírena | Pronunciation: See-reh-nah
- Indonesian (🇮🇩) – Sirine | Pronunciation: See-ree-neh
- Irish Gaelic (🇮🇪) – Siren | Pronunciation: Sigh-ren
- Italian (🇮🇹) – Sirena | Pronunciation: See-reh-nah
- Japanese (🇯🇵) – サイレン (Sairen) | Pronunciation: Sigh-ren
- Kazakh (🇰🇿) – Сигнал (Signal) | Pronunciation: Sig-nahl
- Khmer (Cambodian) (🇰🇭) – ស៊ីរ៉េន (Siren) | Pronunciation: See-ren
- Korean (🇰🇷) – 사이렌 (Saireon) | Pronunciation: Sigh-ren
- Kurdish (🇮🇶 / 🇸🇾 / 🇹🇷 / 🇮🇷) – Siren | Pronunciation: See-ren
- Kyrgyz (🇰🇬) – Сигнал (Signal) | Pronunciation: Sig-nahl
- Lao (🇱🇦) – ສັນຍານເຕືອນ (Sanyan Teun) | Pronunciation: San-yan Teun
- Latvian (🇱🇻) – Sirēna | Pronunciation: See-reh-nah
- Lithuanian (🇱🇹) – Sirena | Pronunciation: See-reh-nah
- Luxembourgish (🇱🇺) – Siren | Pronunciation: See-ren
- Macedonian (🇲🇰) – Сирена (Sirena) | Pronunciation: See-reh-nah
- Malay (🇲🇾 / 🇮🇩) – Siren | Pronunciation: See-ren
- Maltese (🇲🇹) – Sirena | Pronunciation: See-reh-nah
- Mandarin Chinese (🇨🇳) – 警笛 (Jǐngdí) | Pronunciation: Jing-dee
- Marathi (🇮🇳) – सायरन (Sāyran) | Pronunciation: Sai-run
- Mongolian (🇲🇳) – Сигнал (Signal) | Pronunciation: Sig-nahl
- Nepali (🇳🇵) – सायरन (Sāyran) | Pronunciation: Sai-run
- Norwegian (🇳🇴) – Sirene | Pronunciation: See-reh-neh
- Pashto (🇦🇫) – سایرن (Sāyran) | Pronunciation: Sai-run
- Polish (🇵🇱) – Syrena | Pronunciation: See-reh-nah
- Portuguese (🇵🇹 / 🇧🇷) – Sirene | Pronunciation: See-reh-neh
- Romanian (🇷🇴) – Sirenă | Pronunciation: See-reh-nuh
- Russian (🇷🇺) – Сирена (Sirena) | Pronunciation: See-reh-nah
- Serbian (🇷🇸) – Сирена (Sirena) | Pronunciation: See-reh-nah
- Sinhala (🇱🇰) – සිරේන (Sirēna) | Pronunciation: See-reh-nah
- Slovak (🇸🇰) – Siréna | Pronunciation: See-reh-nah
- Slovenian (🇸🇮) – Sirena | Pronunciation: See-reh-nah
- Somali (🇸🇴) – Siren | Pronunciation: See-ren
- Spanish (🇪🇸) – Sirena | Pronunciation: See-reh-nah
- Swahili (🇰🇪 / 🇹🇿) – Saireni | Pronunciation: Sigh-reh-nee
- Swedish (🇸🇪) – Siren | Pronunciation: See-ren
- Tajik (🇹🇯) – Сирена (Sirena) | Pronunciation: See-reh-nah
- Tamil (🇮🇳) – சைரன் (Sairan) | Pronunciation: Sigh-ren
- Telugu (🇮🇳) – సైరన్ (Sairan) | Pronunciation: Sigh-ren
- Thai (🇹🇭) – ไซเรน (Sairen) | Pronunciation: Sigh-ren
- Turkish (🇹🇷) – Siren | Pronunciation: See-ren
- Ukrainian (🇺🇦) – Сирена (Syrena) | Pronunciation: See-reh-nah
- Urdu (🇵🇰) – سائرن (Sairan) | Pronunciation: Sai-ren
- Uzbek (🇺🇿) – Sirena | Pronunciation: See-reh-nah
- Vietnamese (🇻🇳) – Còi báo động | Pronunciation: Koi Bao Dong
- Welsh (🇬🇧 – Wales) – Seiren | Pronunciation: Say-ren
- Zulu (🇿🇦) – Isirene | Pronunciation: Ee-see-reh-neh
