Phrase guide

smoke detector

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A device that sounds an alarm when it detects smoke or other evidence of a fire.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ceiling bird, smoke alarm

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Catalan: detector de fum — device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 煙霧探測器 /烟雾探测器 (yānwù tàncèqì) — device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 煙霧報警器 /烟雾报警器 (yānwù bàojǐngqì) — device
  • Chinese Mandarin: 煙感探頭 /烟感探头 (yāngǎn tàntóu) — device
  • Danish: røgdetektor — device
  • Dutch: rookmelder — device
  • Esperanto: fumdetektilo — device
  • Estonian: suitsuandur — device
  • Finnish: savunilmaisin — device
  • Finnish: savuhälytin — device
  • French: détecteur de fumée — device
  • German: Rauchmelder — device
  • Hungarian: füstjelző — device
  • Icelandic: reykskynjari — device
  • Indonesian: pendeteksi asap — device
  • Italian: rivelatore di fumo — device
  • Japanese: 煙探知機 (kemuri-tanchiki) — device
  • Korean: 연기 감지기 — device
  • Lithuanian: dūmų daviklis — device
  • Malay: alat pengesan asap — device
  • Norwegian Bokmål: røykdetektor — device
  • Norwegian Bokmål: røykvarsler — device
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: røykdetektor — device
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: røykvarslar — device
  • Polish: wykrywacz dymu — device
  • Portuguese: detetor de fumaça — device
  • Russian: дете́ктор ды́ма (dɛtɛ́ktor dýma) — device
  • Russian: дымова́я сигнализа́ция (dymovája signalizácija) — device
  • Serbo-Croatian: детектор дима — device
  • Serbo-Croatian: detektor dima — device
  • Swedish: brandvarnare — device
  • Swedish: rökdetektor — device
  • Tagalog: paniktik ng usok — device
  • Turkish: duman dedektörü — device
  • Welsh: larwm mwg — device