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
• 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:

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• 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