# warning
## English
### Pronunciation

* (General American) IPA: /ˈwɔɹnɪŋ/
* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /ˈwɔːnɪŋ/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (UK):(file)
* 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

* 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
* 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 coloration
* warning shot
* warning sign
* warning track
* warning triangle

#### Translations
### Interjection

warning
* Used to warn of danger in signs and notices.

#### Translations
## Chinese
### Etymology

From English warning.

### Pronunciation

* Cantonese (Jyutping): won$^1$ ning$^2$
* Cantonese
** (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)
*** Jyutping: won$^1$ ning$^2$
*** Yale: wōn níng
*** Cantonese Pinyin: won$^1$ ning$^2$
*** Guangdong Romanization: won$^1$ ning$^2$
*** Sinological IPA : /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):
       mui$^5$ go$^3$ jyut$^6$ m$^4$ ho$^2$ ji$^5$ ceng$^2$ ciu$^1$ gwo$^3$ saam$^1$ jan$^4$ beng$^6$ gaa$^3$, fau$^2$ zak$^1$ ceot$^1$ won$^1$ ning$^2$ (ciu$^1$ gwo$^3$ saam$^1$ zoeng$^1$ won$^1$ ning$^2$, jiu$^3$ zi$^6$ dung$^6$ lei$^4$ zik$^1$)! [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:
       “ngo$^5$ hai$^6$ lou$^5$ sai$^3$, ngo$^5$ ji$^4$ gaa$^1$ zau$^6$ ceot$^1$ loeng$^5$ fung$^1$ won$^1$ ning$^2$ bei$^2$ nei$^5$, jat$^1$ fung$^1$ ci$^4$ dou$^3$, jat$^1$ fung$^1$ se$^2$ co$^3$ zi$^6$, 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]):
       ceot$^1$ won$^1$ ning$^2$ bei$^2$ ngo$^5$ dei$^6$? haa$^1$ ngo$^5$ dei$^6$ bou$^6$ mun$^4$ sai$^3$ aa$^4$? [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]):
       fung$^1$ siu$^3$ hoi$^1$ dou$^3$ seng$^1$ laa$^3$, m$^4$ gaap$^3$ sau$^1$ won$^1$ ning$^2$ gaa$^3$ [Jyutping]
       (please add an English translation of this quotation)

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English warning.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /waʁ.niŋ/

### Noun

warning m (plural warnings)
* (colloquial) hazard light
    Synonym: feux de détresse

### Further reading

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