Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

multialarm

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: mul-ti-alarm
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Requiring the work of several firetrucks to contain or extinguish.

American usage

Example Sentences

"Fires which have heretofore been one‐alarm skirmishes are now multialarm small wars."
"Two multialarm fires burned out of control for several hours in New York City last night, one racing through seven frame dwellings and leaving more than 100 people homeless in the Morrisania section of the Bronx and another, reportedly set by arsinists^([sic]), destroying a series of stores and residences in the Bushwick section of Brooklyn."

Etymology

From multi- + alarm.

Usage

American usage

Inflected Forms

multi-alarm (alternative)

Questions

What does multialarm mean?: Requiring the work of several firetrucks to contain or extinguish.
Where does multialarm come from?: From multi- + alarm.

How to pronounce multialarm

Open the pronunciation page — Open the Speakur entry for “multialarm”.
Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling () so you know which sounds to aim for.
Play the audio — Click Play to hear reference audio for “multialarm”.
Repeat and practice — Say “multialarm” aloud, matching stress and vowels until it feels natural.