alarum

== English == === Alternative forms === (obsolete) allarum === Etymology === From Middle English alarom, from Old Italian all'arme (“to arms, to the weapons”), from Latin arma, armorum (“weapons”). === Pronunciation === (General American) IPA(key): /əˈlɑ.ɹəm/ Rhymes: -ɑːɹəm === Noun === alarum (plural alarums) (normally archaic) A danger signal or warning. A call to arms. (archaic) An alarm clock. ==== Derived terms ==== alarums and excursions === Verb === alarum (third-person singular simple present alarums, present participle alaruming, simple past and past participle alarumed) (archaic) To sound alarums, to sound an alarm. ==== Usage notes ==== Alarum is an old spelling of alarm (as a noun or a verb), which has stayed around as a deliberate archaism. Possibly it is retained because of its use in Shakespeare's plays. === See also === alarm === Anagrams === marula == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [aːˈɫaː.rũː] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [aˈlaː.rum] === Noun === ālārum genitive plural of āla