clarion

== English == === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈklæɹ.ɪ.ən/ (General American): (without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈklæɹ.i.ən/ (Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA(key): /ˈklɛɹ.i.ən/ Rhymes: -æɹiən Hyphenation: clar‧i‧on === Etymology 1 === The noun is derived from Middle English clarion, clarioun (“trumpet with a narrow tube and a shrill sound, clarion; clarion player”) [and other forms], from Old French claron, clarïon (“clarion”) [and other forms], from Medieval Latin clāriōn, clario, clārōn (“clarion; trumpet”), from Latin clārus (“audible; clear, distinct, loud; (visually) bright, clear”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₁- (“to call, summon; to cry”). The adjective is from an attributive use of the noun. ==== Noun ==== clarion (plural clarions) (music, historical or poetic) A medieval brass instrument chiefly used as a battle signal; related to the trumpet, it had a narrow, straight pipe and a high-pitched, piercing sound. (by extension) (poetic) The sound of a clarion (sense 1), or any sound resembling the loud, high-pitched note of a clarion. (music) An organ stop consisting of pipes with reeds giving a high-pitched note like that of a clarion (sense 1). (music) The middle register of the clarinet. (heraldry) A charge thought to represent a type of wind instrument, a keyboard instrument like a spinet, or perhaps a rest used by a knight to support a lance during jousting. Synonyms: clarichord, rest, sufflue ===== Derived terms ===== clarion call clarionet clarionetist, clarionettist ===== Translations ===== ==== Adjective ==== clarion (not comparable) Of a sound, a voice, a message, etc.: brilliantly clear. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === From Middle English clariounen (“of a horn or trumpet: to blow, sound”), from clarioun (noun) (see etymology 1) + -en (suffix forming the infinitives of verbs). Later uses may also be derived directly from the noun. ==== Verb ==== clarion (third-person singular simple present clarions, present participle clarioning, simple past and past participle clarioned) (rare) (transitive) To announce or herald (something) using a clarion (noun sense 1). (figuratively) To announce or herald (something) clearly, especially so as to stir or unite people. (also figuratively) Of a thing: to cause (a place) to echo with a sound like that of a clarion. (intransitive) To sound a clarion; also, to make a high-pitched, piercing sound like that of a clarion. ===== Derived terms ===== clarioning (noun) ===== Translations ===== === References === === Further reading === clarion (heraldry) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia clarion (instrument) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia clarion (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === Locrian, acrinol, alicorn, carolin, clairon, clarino