warning

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔɹnɪŋ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔːnɪŋ/
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Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nɪŋ
Hyphenation: warn‧ing

Verb

warning

present participle of warn
- 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter V, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
  Although the Celebrity was almost impervious to sarcasm, he was now beginning to exhibit visible signs of uneasiness, […] . It was with a palpable relief that he heard the first warning notes of the figure.

Noun

warning (countable and uncountable, plural warnings)

The action of the verb warn; an instance of warning someone.
- 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter VII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
  “ […] Churchill, my dear fellow, we have such greedy sharks, and wolves in lamb's clothing. Oh, dear, there's so much to tell you, so many warnings to give you, but all that must be postponed for the moment.”
- 2008, Laura Hernández-Ehrisman, “Conclusion”, in Inventing the Fiesta City: Heritage and Carnival in San Antonio, University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 194:
  Without much warning, a deep voice addressed the crowd, calling for a reverent silence as the Texans who died at the Alamo battle were named.
Something spoken or written that is intended to warn.
The boss gave him a warning that he would be fired if he did not desist from his behaviour.
- 2013 June 22, “Snakes and ladders”, in The Economist, volume 407, number 8841, page 76:
  Risk is everywhere. From tabloid headlines insisting that coffee causes cancer (yesterday, of course, it cured it) to stern government warnings about alcohol and driving, the world is teeming with goblins.

Synonyms

caution

Derived terms

Translations

instance of warning someone

Albanian: paralajmërim (sq) m
Arabic: تَحْذِير m (taḥḏīr), إِنْذار m (ʔinḏār), تَنْبِيه m (tanbīh)
South Levantine Arabic: إِنْذار m (ʔinḏār), تَنْبِيه m (tanbīh)
Armenian: նախազգուշացում (hy) (naxazgušacʻum), զգուշացում (hy) (zgušacʻum)
Azerbaijani: xəbərdarlıq (az)
Belarusian: папярэ́джанне n (papjarédžannje), папярэ́джаньне n (papjarédžanʹnje)
Bikol Central: patanid (bcl)
Bulgarian: предупрежде́ние (bg) n (predupreždénie)
Catalan: advertència (ca) f, advertiment (ca) m, avís (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 警告 (ging² gou³)

Mandarin: 警告 (zh) (jǐnggào)
Czech: varování (cs) n
Danish: advarsel (da) c
Dutch: waarschuwing (nl) f, waarning f, verwittiging (nl) f
Esperanto: averto
Estonian: hoiatus
Finnish: varoittaminen (fi)
French: avertissement (fr) m
Georgian: გაფრთხილება (gaprtxileba)
German: Warnung (de) f, Mahnung (de) f
Greek: προειδοποίηση (el) f (proeidopoíisi)
Ancient: νουθεσία f (nouthesía)
Hebrew: אַזְהָרָה (he) f (azhará)
Hindi: चेतावनी (hi) f (cetāvnī), तंबीह (hi) f (tambīh)
Hungarian: figyelmeztetés (hu)
Icelandic: viðvörun (is) f, aðvörun (is) f
Italian: avvertimento (it) m
Japanese: 警告 (ja) (けいこく, keikoku)
Kazakh: ескерту (eskertu)
Korean: 경고(警告) (ko) (gyeonggo)
Kyrgyz: эскертүү (ky) (eskertüü)
Latin: monstrum (la) n
Latvian: brīdinājums m
Lithuanian: įspėjimas m
Macedonian: предупреду́вање n (predupredúvanje)
Malayalam: മുന്നറിയിപ്പ് (ml) (munnaṟiyippŭ)
Maori: ohititanga
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: анхааруулга (mn) (anxaaruulga), сэргийлэл (mn) (sergiilel)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: advarsel (no) m

Nynorsk: åtvaring f
Old Norse: vǫrnuðr
Ottoman Turkish: ایقاظ (ikâz)
Persian:
Iranian Persian: هُشْدار (hošdâr), اِخْطار (extâr), تَحْذیر (tahzir), تَنْبیه (tanbih)
Plautdietsch: Woarnunk f
Polish: ostrzeżenie (pl) n
Portuguese: aviso (pt) m
Romagnol: avìș m
Romanian: avertisment (ro) n
Russian: предупрежде́ние (ru) n (predupreždénije), предостереже́ние (ru) n (predosterežénije)
Scottish Gaelic: rabhadh m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: упозоре́ње n

Roman: upozorénje (sh) n
Slovak: varovanie n
Slovene: obvestilo n, opozorilo n
Spanish: advertencia (es) f, aviso (es) m, animadvertencia f (disused), aldabonazo (es) m, aldabada (es) f, amonestamiento m
Swedish: varning (sv) c
Tagalog: babala
Tajik: танбеҳ (tanbeh), огоҳӣ (ogohi)
Turkish: uyarı (tr), ikaz (tr)
Ukrainian: попере́дження n (poperédžennja)
Urdu: اِنْتِباہ m (intibāh), تَحْذِیر f (tahzīr), تَن٘بِیہ f (tambīh), چیتاوَنی f (cetāvanī), خبردار (xabar-dār), ہشدار (huśdār)
Uyghur: ئاگاھلاندۇرۇش (agahlandurush)
Uzbek: tanbeh (uz), ogohlantirish (uz)
Vietnamese: sự báo trước (vi)

something spoken or written that is intended to warn

Armenian: նշան (hy) (nšan), նշանակ (hy) (nšanak)
Bikol Central: patanid (bcl)
Bulgarian: предупрежде́ние (bg) n (predupreždénie)
Catalan: avís (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Czech: varování (cs) n
Danish: advarsel (da) c
Dutch: waarschuwing (nl) f, waarning f
Esperanto: admono
Finnish: varoitus (fi)
French: avertissement (fr) m
Georgian: გაფრთხილება (gaprtxileba)
German: Warnung (de) f, Mahnung (de) f
Hungarian: figyelmeztetés (hu)
Icelandic: viðvörun (is) f, aðvörun (is) f, (chiefly plural) varnaðarorð n
Indonesian: peringatan (id), perhatian (id)
Irish: fógra m
Italian: monito (it) m
Japanese: 警告 (ja) (けいこく, keikoku)
Khmer: ការព្រមាន (kaaprɔɔmiən)
Korean: 경고(警告) (ko) (gyeonggo)
Latin: monitum (la) n, monitus (la) m
Macedonian: предупреду́вање n (predupredúvanje)
Malay: amaran (ms)
Malayalam: മുന്നറിയിപ്പ് (ml) (munnaṟiyippŭ)
Middle English: wacche word
Old Norse: vǫrnuðr
Ottoman Turkish: وعظ (vaʼz)
Plautdietsch: Woarnunk f
Polish: ostrzeżenie (pl) n
Portuguese: aviso (pt) m
Romagnol: avìș m
Spanish: advertencia (es) f, aviso (es) m, animadvertencia f (disused), alerta (es) f
Swahili: ilani (sw)
Swedish: varning (sv) c
Tagalog: babala
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: uyarı (tr)
Vietnamese: lời cảnh báo, cảnh báo (vi)

Interjection

warning

Used to warn of danger in signs and notices.

Translations

warning of danger in signs

Bulgarian: внимание (bg) n (vnimanie)
Cebuano: pahibalo
Chinese:
Mandarin: 小心 (zh) (xiǎoxīn)
Danish: advarsel (da)
Dutch: opgelet! (nl), waarschuwing (nl)
Finnish: vaara (fi)
French: attention (fr)
Georgian: ფრთხილად! (prtxilad!)
German: Achtung (de), Warnung (de)
Hebrew: זְהִירוּת f (z'hirút)
Hungarian: figyelem (hu), vigyázat (hu)
Ibaloi: bangshaan
Icelandic: aðvörun (is) f, athugið!, ATH! (abbreviation of athugið)
Indonesian: peringatan (id)
Macedonian: внима́ние n (vnimánie)
Malay: amaran (ms)
Polish: uwaga (pl)
Romanian: atenție (ro)
Russian: внима́ние (ru) (vnimánije)
Spanish: precaución (es), cuidado (es), advertencia (es), aviso (es)
Tagalog: babala
Turkish: uyarı (tr)
Ukrainian: ува́га (uk) f (uváha)

Etymology

From English warning.

Pronunciation

Cantonese (Jyutping): won¹ ning²

Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong–Macau)⁺
  - Jyutping: won¹ ning²
  - Yale: wōn níng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: won¹ ning²
  - Guangdong Romanization: won¹ ning²
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /wɔːn⁵⁵ nɪŋ³⁵/

Noun

warning

(Hong Kong Cantonese) warning letter (Classifier: 封 c; 張／张 c)
- 1998 March 24, Air, “爆電Ｘ傳呼大獲!!!!”, in hk.chinese‎ (Usenet):
  
  每個月唔可以請超過三人病假,否則出warning(超過三張warning,要自動離職)! [Cantonese, trad.]
  每个月唔可以请超过三人病假,否则出warning(超过三张warning,要自动离职)! [Cantonese, simp.]
  mui⁵ go³ jyut⁶ m⁴ ho² ji⁵ ceng² ciu¹ gwo³ saam¹ jan⁴ beng⁶ gaa³, fau² zak¹ ceot¹ won¹ ning² (ciu¹ gwo³ saam¹ zoeng¹ won¹ ning², jiu³ zi⁶ dung⁶ lei⁴ zik¹)! [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2015 July 15, 于日辰, 《新聞女郎 Angelica》, Hong Kong: 點子出版, →ISBN, page 165:
  
  「我係老細，我而家就出兩封Warning畀你，一封遲到，一封寫錯字，Get out！」 [Cantonese, trad.]
  「我系老细，我而家就出两封Warning畀你，一封迟到，一封写错字，Get out！」 [Cantonese, simp.]
  “ngo⁵ hai⁶ lou⁵ sai³, ngo⁵ ji⁴ gaa¹ zau⁶ ceot¹ loeng⁵ fung¹ won¹ ning² bei² nei⁵, jat¹ fung¹ ci⁴ dou³, jat¹ fung¹ se² co³ zi⁶, Get out!” [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2023, 新聞女王 [the QUEEN of news]‎, episode 16, spoken by 姚懷恩 [Roy] (鄭衍峰 [Leonard Cheng]):
  
  出warning畀我哋？蝦我哋部門細呀？ [Cantonese, trad.]
  出warning畀我哋？虾我哋部门细呀？ [Cantonese, simp.]
  ceot¹ won¹ ning² bei² ngo⁵ dei⁶? haa¹ ngo⁵ dei⁶ bou⁶ mun⁴ sai³ aa⁴? [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 2024 July 7, 徐樂思, “有大食大是應該的嗎”, in 俞汶蔚, director, 愛·回家之開心速遞 [Come Home Love: Lo And Behold]‎, spoken by 熊若水 [Mary Hung] (呂慧儀 [Koni Lui]):
  
  風少開到聲喇，唔夾收warning㗎 [Cantonese, trad.]
  风少开到声喇，唔夹收warning㗎 [Cantonese, simp.]
  fung¹ siu³ hoi¹ dou³ seng¹ laa³, m⁴ gaap³ sau¹ won¹ ning² gaa³ [Jyutping]
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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