knell

• اسم يدل على صوت الجرس، ولا سيما رنينه في مناسبة موت أو جنازة؛ ويُستعمل مجازًا للإشارة إلى نهاية شيء أو فشله أو نذير شؤم.

A noun referring to the sound of a bell, especially one rung solemnly for a death or funeral; often used figuratively to indicate the end or failure of something.

1. C1formal

   The sound of a bell, especially when rung solemnly for a death or funeral.

   رَنَّة الجَرَس

   • The knell of the church bell echoed through the village.
   • They heard the mournful knell announcing the funeral.
   • The knell tolled slowly, marking the end of an era.

   المرادفاتchimepealringringingtoll

2. Omen of death or endC2formal

   A sign or event that marks the end or destruction of something.

   نذير الفناء

   • The company's bankruptcy sounded the knell of its long history.
   • The defeat was the knell of their championship hopes.
   • The knell of the old regime was heard in the streets.

   المرادفاتforebodingharbingeromenportentpresage

• فعل قديم يعني دقّ الجرس ولا سيما جرس الجنازة، أو الإيذان بموت أو كارثة.

An archaic verb meaning to ring or sound a bell, especially a funeral bell, or to signal a death or disaster.

1. To ring a bell solemnlyC2formalbritish

   To sound a bell, especially a funeral bell, in a slow, solemn manner.

   دقّ الجرس بوقار

   • The church bells knelled for the fallen soldiers.
   • The bell knelled mournfully throughout the village.
   • They knelled the bell to mark the end of the ceremony.

   المرادفاتpealringsoundtoll

2. To signal the end of somethingC2formalbritish

   To indicate or announce the death, failure, or end of something.

   يُعلن نهاية شيء

   • The economic crisis knelled the end of the old regime.
   • His resignation knelled the collapse of the company.
   • The final whistle knelled the defeat of the team.

   المرادفاتannounceheraldproclaimsignaltoll