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• (non-rhotic)
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɔːnɪŋ/, [ˈwɔːnɪŋ]
• (rhotic)
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwoɹnɪŋ/, [ˈwoɹnɪŋ]; /ˈwɔɹnɪŋ/, [ˈwɔɹnɪŋ]
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nɪŋ
• Hyphenation: warn‧ing

warning

1. present participle of warn

warning (countable and uncountable, plural warnings)

1. 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.
2. 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.

• caution

• all-ports warning

• black box warning

• China's final warning

• content warning

• detectable warning surface

• early-warning

• fair warning

• four-minute warning

• ground proximity warning system

• health warning

• Miranda warning

• Mount Warning

• one-minute warning

• profits warning

• profit warning

• red flag warning

• Scarborough warning

• strategic warning

• tactical warning

• terrain awareness and warning system

• three-minute warning

• tornado warning

• trigger warning

• two-minute warning

• warning bell

• warning card

• warning coloration

• warning light

• warning shot

• warning sign

• warning track

• warning triangle

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 Bikol: 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 Greek: νουθεσία f (nouthesía)
• Hebrew: אַזְהָרָה (he) f (azhará)
• Hindi: चेतावनी (hi) f (cetāvnī)
• 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
• Lower Tanana: tedhit
• Macedonian: предупреду́вање n (predupredúvanje)
• Malayalam: മുന്നറിയിപ്പ് (ml) (munnaṟiyippŭ)
• Māori: ohititanga
• Mongolian:
  Cyrillic: анхааруулга (mn) (anxaaruulga), сэргийлэл (mn) (sergiilel)
• Norwegian:
  Bokmål: advarsel (no) m
  Nynorsk: åtvaring f
• Old Norse: vǫrnuðr
• 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
  Latin: 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)
• Tamil: எச்சரிக்கை (ta) (eccarikkai), எச்சரிப்பு (ta) (eccarippu), முன்னறிவிப்பு (ta) (muṉṉaṟivippu)
• Turkish: uyarı (tr), ikaz (tr)
  Ottoman Turkish: ایقاظ (ikâz)
• Ukrainian: попере́дження n (poperédžennja), застере́ження n (zasteréžennja), перестере́ження n (peresteréžennja)
• 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)
• Basque: ohartarazpen
• Bikol:
  Central Bikol: 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
• Hindi: चेतावनी (hi) f (cetāvnī)
• 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
• 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
• Tamil: எச்சரிக்கை (ta) (eccarikkai), முன்னறிவிப்பு (ta) (muṉṉaṟivippu)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: uyarı (tr)
  Ottoman Turkish: وعظ (vaʼz)
• Ukrainian: попере́дження n (poperédžennja), застере́ження n (zasteréžennja), пересторо́га f (perestoróha), засторо́га f (zastoróha), перестере́ження n (peresteréžennja)
• Vietnamese: lời cảnh báo, cảnh báo (vi)

warning

1. Used to warn of danger in signs and notices.

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)

From English warning.

• Cantonese (Jyutping): won1 ning2

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

warning

1. (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[1] (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]‎[2], 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)
   • 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)

Borrowed from English warning.

• IPA(key): /waʁ.niŋ/

warning m (plural warnings)

1. (colloquial) hazard light
   Synonym: feux de détresse

• “warning”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012