alert

See also: Alert

English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈlɜːt/
• (General American) enPR: ə-lûrtʹ, IPA^(key): /əˈlɝt/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)t
• Hyphenation: a‧lert

Etymology 1

From French alerte (“alert”), from the phrase à l'erte (“on the watch”), from Italian all'erta (“to the height”), from erta (“lookout, tower”).

Adjective

alert (comparative more alert, superlative most alert)

2. Attentive; awake; on guard.

   Synonym: wakeful

3. (obsolete) brisk; nimble; moving with celerity.
   • 1712 June 23 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “THURSDAY, June 12, 1712”, in The Spectator, number 408; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume V, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:

     I saw an alert young fellow that cocked his hat upon a friend of his who entered just at the same time with myself

     The spelling has been modernized.

Derived terms

• A&O assessment, alert and oriented assessment
• alert and oriented
• alertless
• alertly
• alertness
• hyperalert
• nonalert
• overalert
• superalert
• unalert

Translations

attentive

• Amharic: ንቁ (nəḳu)
• Arabic: يَقِظ (yaqiẓ)
• Armenian: զգաստ (hy) (zgast), արթուն (hy) (artʻun), զգոն (hy) (zgon)
• Bengali: সতর্ক (bn) (śotork)
• Bulgarian: бдителен (bg) (bditelen), внимателен (bg) (vnimatelen)
• Catalan: vigilant (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 警惕 (zh) (jǐngtì)

• Dutch: alert (nl), waakzaam (nl)
• Esperanto: vigla, mallaca
• Finnish: virkeä (fi), pirteä (fi), valpas (fi)
• French: alerte (fr)
• German: aufmerksam (de), wachsam (de)
• Hebrew: עֵרָנִי m (eraní), דָּרוּךְ (he) m (darúkh)
• Hindi: सतर्क (hi) (satark), सजग (hi) (sajag)
• Irish: airdeallach, beo-intinneach, biorbach, braiteach, fuireachair
• Italian: allerta (it), attento (it), vigile (it), vigilante (it)
• Japanese: 機敏な (ja) (きびんな, kibin na), 警戒する (ja) (けいかいする, keikai suru)
• Korean: 기민하다 (ko) (giminhada), 경계하다 (ko) (gyeonggyehada)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish: وریا (wirya)

• Latin: intentus, vigilans
• Latvian: modrs
• Luxembourgish: aläert
• Maltese: attent
• Māori: matawhiuwhiu, hiwa, mataara, ohiti, ohitu, matatū, tauwhiro
• Naga:

  Khiamniungan Naga: tsôu

• Norwegian: oppmerksom (no), våken (no)
• Plautdietsch: schneiw
• Polish: czujny (pl), uważny (pl)
• Portuguese: alerta (pt)
• Russian: бди́тельный (ru) (bdítelʹnyj), внима́тельный (ru) (vnimátelʹnyj), насторо́женный (ru) (nastoróžennyj)
• Sanskrit: सतर्क (sa) (satarka)
• Scottish Gaelic: grad
• Slovak: poplach
• Spanish: alerta (es), vigilante (es), alerto (es) (p. us.)
• Swahili: chonjo (sw), tahadhari (sw)
• Swedish: alert (sv), vaken (sv)
• Turkish: uyanık (tr)

  Ottoman Turkish: سهران (sehran)

• Ukrainian: насторо́жений (nastoróženyj), ува́жний (uk) (uvážnyj)
• Unami: kwèxsi
• Urdu: سترک (satark)

Noun

alert (plural alerts)

1. An alarm.
2. A notification of higher importance than an advisory.
3. (military) A state of readiness for potential combat.

   an airborne alert; ground alert

4. (computing) Synonym of bell (“bell character”).

Derived terms

• alert fatigue
• alert five
• amber alert
• blue alert
• drink alert
• e-alert
• margin alert
• medical alert jewelry
• on alert
• on the alert
• red alert
• silver alert
• spew alert
• spoiler alert

Translations

an alarm — see also alarm

• Bulgarian: тревога (bg) (trevoga)
• Catalan: alerta (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 警報 / 警报 (zh) (jǐngbào)

• Czech: výstraha f, poplach (cs) m
• Dutch: alarm (nl) n
• Esperanto: alarmo, averto
• Estonian: häire
• Finnish: hälytys (fi), herätys (fi)
• French: alarme (fr) f
• German: Alarm (de) m
• Hebrew: אַזְעָקָה (he) (az'aká), הַתְרָעָה (hatra'á)
• Hindi: चेतावनी (hi) f (cetāvnī)
• Hungarian: riadó (hu)
• Icelandic: viðvörun (is)
• Italian: allarme (it) m
• Japanese: 警告 (ja) (けいこく, keikoku), 警報 (ja) (けいほう, keihō)
• Latvian: trauksme
• Macedonian: аларм (mk) (alarm), тревога (trevoga)
• Norwegian: alarm (no) m
• Polish: alarm (pl) m, alert (pl) m
• Portuguese: alerta (pt) m, alarme (pt) m
• Romanian: alertă (ro) f
• Russian: трево́га (ru) f (trevóga), сигнализа́ция (ru) f (signalizácija) (alarm system)
• Spanish: alerta (es) f
• Swedish: larm (sv) n
• Ukrainian: триво́га f (tryvóha)

a notification

• Czech: upozornění (cs) n
• Dutch: waarschuwing (nl) f
• Esperanto: sciigo, pepo
• Finnish: varoitus (fi), ilmoitus (fi)
• Hebrew: הַתְרָעָה f (hatra'á), כּוֹנְנוּת (he) (konenút)
• Hindi: चेतावनी (hi) f (cetāvnī)
• Indonesian: pemberitahuan (id), lansiran
• Norwegian: advarsel (no) m, varsel (no) n
• Polish: powiadomienie (pl) n, alert (pl) m
• Portuguese: alerta (pt) m
• Russian: предупрежде́ние (ru) n (predupreždénije), оповеще́ние (ru) n (opoveščénije), сообще́ние (ru) n (soobščénije)
• Serbo-Croatian: obavijest (sh), obavještenje (sh) n
• Swahili: chonjo (sw)
• Ukrainian: спові́щення n (spovíščennja), попере́дження n (poperédžennja)

Etymology 2

Formed within English by conversion, from alert (adjective). Compare French alerter.

Verb

alert (third-person singular simple present alerts, present participle alerting, simple past and past participle alerted)

1. To give warning to.

Derived terms

• alertable

Translations

to give warning to

• Catalan: alertar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 警告 (zh) (jǐnggào)

• Dutch: waarschuwen (nl), alarmeren (nl)
• Esperanto: alarmi
• Finnish: varoittaa (fi), hälyttää (fi)
• German: verständigen (de)
• Hebrew: הִזְהִיר (he) (hizhír), הִתְרִיעַ (he) (hitría')
• Hindi: चेतावनी (hi) f (cetāvnī)
• Norwegian: varsle (no)
• Portuguese: alertar (pt)
• Russian: предупреждать (ru) (predupreždatʹ), оповещать (ru) (opoveščatʹ), сигнализировать (ru) (signalizirovatʹ), тревожить (ru) (trevožitʹ)
• Spanish: alertar (es)
• Swahili: chonjo (sw)
• Turkish:

  Ottoman Turkish: ایقاظ ایتمك (ikâz etmek)

Anagrams

• alter, alter-, altre, artel, later, ratel, taler, telar

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French alerte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aːˈlɛrt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: alert
• Rhymes: -ɛrt

Adjective

alert (comparative alerter, superlative alertst)

1. alert

Declension

Declension of alert
uninflected	alert
inflected	alerte
comparative	alerter
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		alert	alerter	het alertst het alertste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	alerte	alertere	alertste
	n. sing.	alert	alerter	alertste
	plural	alerte	alertere	alertste
definite		alerte	alertere	alertste
partitive		alerts	alerters	—

Derived terms

• alertheid

Descendants

• Negerhollands: allert

Anagrams

• later, ratel

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French alerte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aˈlɛʁt]

• Audio:

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

alert (strong nominative masculine singular alerter, comparative alerter, superlative am alertesten)

1. alert

Declension

Positive forms of alert number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist alert sie ist alert es ist alert sie sind alert strong declension (without article) nominative alerter alerte alertes alerte genitive alerten alerter alerten alerter dative alertem alerter alertem alerten accusative alerten alerte alertes alerte weak declension (with definite article) nominative der alerte die alerte das alerte die alerten genitive des alerten der alerten des alerten der alerten dative dem alerten der alerten dem alerten den alerten accusative den alerten die alerte das alerte die alerten mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein alerter eine alerte ein alertes (keine) alerten genitive eines alerten einer alerten eines alerten (keiner) alerten dative einem alerten einer alerten einem alerten (keinen) alerten accusative einen alerten eine alerte ein alertes (keine) alerten Comparative forms of alert number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist alerter sie ist alerter es ist alerter sie sind alerter strong declension (without article) nominative alerterer alertere alerteres alertere genitive alerteren alerterer alerteren alerterer dative alerterem alerterer alerterem alerteren accusative alerteren alertere alerteres alertere weak declension (with definite article) nominative der alertere die alertere das alertere die alerteren genitive des alerteren der alerteren des alerteren der alerteren dative dem alerteren der alerteren dem alerteren den alerteren accusative den alerteren die alertere das alertere die alerteren mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein alerterer eine alertere ein alerteres (keine) alerteren genitive eines alerteren einer alerteren eines alerteren (keiner) alerteren dative einem alerteren einer alerteren einem alerteren (keinen) alerteren accusative einen alerteren eine alertere ein alerteres (keine) alerteren Superlative forms of alert number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist am alertesten sie ist am alertesten es ist am alertesten sie sind am alertesten strong declension (without article) nominative alertester alerteste alertestes alerteste genitive alertesten alertester alertesten alertester dative alertestem alertester alertestem alertesten accusative alertesten alerteste alertestes alerteste weak declension (with definite article) nominative der alerteste die alerteste das alerteste die alertesten genitive des alertesten der alertesten des alertesten der alertesten dative dem alertesten der alertesten dem alertesten den alertesten accusative den alertesten die alerteste das alerteste die alertesten mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein alertester eine alerteste ein alertestes (keine) alertesten genitive eines alertesten einer alertesten eines alertesten (keiner) alertesten dative einem alertesten einer alertesten einem alertesten (keinen) alertesten accusative einen alertesten eine alerteste ein alertestes (keine) alertesten

Further reading

• “alert” in Duden online
• “alert”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from French alerte or English alert, from Italian all'erta. First attested in the second half of the 20th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.lɛrt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -alɛrt
• Syllabification: a‧lert

Noun

alert m inan

1. alert (device used to alarm people)

   Synonym: alarm

   antyterrorystyczny alert ― a terrorist alert

2. alert (sound used to alarm people)

   Synonym: alarm

3. alert (state of being alerted)

   pomarańczowy alert ― orange alert

   czerwony alert ― red alert

   alert ekologiczny ― an ecological alert

   ogłaszać/ogłosić alert ― to declare alert

   alert obowiązuje ― alert holds form/applies to

4. (military) alert (state of readiness for potential combat)
5. (technology) alert

   Synonym: powiadomienie

Declension

Declension of alert

	singular	plural
nominative	alert	alerty
genitive	alertu	alertów
dative	alertowi	alertom
accusative	alert	alerty
instrumental	alertem	alertami
locative	alercie	alertach
vocative	alercie	alerty

Derived terms

adjective

• alertowy

Further reading

• “alert”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “alert”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[3] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French alerte.

Adjective

alert m or n (feminine singular alertă, masculine plural alerți, feminine/neuter plural alerte)

1. wide-awake

Declension

Declension of alert

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	alert		alertă	alerți	alerte
	definite	alertul		alerta	alerții	alertele
genitive- dative	indefinite	alert		alerte	alerți	alerte
	definite	alertului		alertei	alerților	alertelor

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from French alerte, from Italian all'erta (“on guard”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈlæʈ/
• Rhymes: -æʈː

Adjective

alert (comparative alertare, superlative alertast)

1. alert

Declension

Inflection of alert

Indefinite	positive	comparative	superlative1
common singular	alert	alertare	alertast
neuter singular	alert	alertare	alertast
plural	alerta	alertare	alertast
masculine plural2	alerte	alertare	alertast
Definite	positive	comparative	superlative
masculine singular3	alerte	alertare	alertaste
all	alerta	alertare	alertaste

¹ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
² Dated or archaic.
³ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

Further reading

• “alert”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Anagrams

• artel, later, letar, realt