Doorbell

//ˈdɔː.bɛl//

Synonyms for "doorbell" (24 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

3 entries

at location

2 entries

derived

4 entries

derived from

2 entries

is a

4 entries

used for

1 entries

Translations

72 translations across 46 languages.

Powered by Wiktionary

Arabic

2 entries
  • جَرَس noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)
  • جَرَس الْبَاب noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Armenian

1 entries
  • դռան զանգ noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • дзвярны́ звано́к noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)
  • звано́к noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Bikol Central

1 entries
  • timbre noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • вхо́ден звъне́ц noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Catalan

1 entries
  • timbre noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Chinese Cantonese

1 entries
  • 門鐘 /门钟 noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 門鈴 /门铃 noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)
  • 電鈴 /电铃 noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Czech

2 entries
  • domovní zvonek noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)
  • zvonek noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Danish

1 entries
  • dørklokke noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Dutch

2 entries
  • deurbel noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)
  • schel noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • pordosonorilo noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Estonian

1 entries
  • uksekell noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Finnish

1 entries
  • ovikello noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

French

1 entries
  • sonnette noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Galician

1 entries
  • timbre noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ზარი noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

German

4 entries
  • Hausglocke noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)
  • Klingel noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)
  • Türglocke noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)
  • Türklingel noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Greek

1 entries
  • κουδούνι πόρτας noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Hindi

3 entries
  • घंटी noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)
  • दरवाज़े की घंटी noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)
  • दर्वाज़ी की घंटी noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • ajtócsengő noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)
  • csengő noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • dyrabjalla noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Ido

1 entries
  • pordoklosheto noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • bel pintu noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Iranian Persian

1 entries
  • زَنْگِ دَر noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Italian

1 entries
  • campanello noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Japanese

4 entries
  • ドアチャイム noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)
  • ドアベル noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)
  • ベル noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)
  • 呼び鈴 noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Korean

4 entries
  • 도어폰 noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)
  • noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)
  • 전령 noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)
  • 초인종 noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Low German

1 entries
  • Döörklock noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Malay

1 entries
  • loceng pintu noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • dørklokke noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)
  • ringeklokke noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • dørklokke noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Ossetian

1 entries
  • дуары дзӕнгӕрӕг noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Polish

2 entries
  • dzwonek noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)
  • dzwonek do drzwi noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • campainha noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • گَھنْٹِی noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)
  • ਘੰਟੀ noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Romanian

1 entries
  • sonerie noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Russian

2 entries
  • дверно́й звоно́к noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)
  • звоно́к noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Spanish

1 entries
  • timbre noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Swedish

1 entries
  • dörrklocka noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Tagalog

2 entries
  • dorbel noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)
  • timbre noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Thai

2 entries
  • กริ่ง noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)
  • ออด noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Turkish

2 entries
  • kapı zili noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)
  • zil noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • дверни́й дзвіно́к noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)
  • дзвіно́к noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Urdu

1 entries
  • گَھنْٹِی noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • chuông cửa noun (device on or adjacent to an outer door for announcing one's presence)

Sample sentences

12 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Just after putting away the dishes, Joan heard the doorbell ring.

Source: tatoeba (40129)

I was about to leave when the doorbell rang.

Source: tatoeba (40135)

The doorbell is ringing.

Source: tatoeba (239523)

I heard the doorbell ring. Go and see who it is.

Source: tatoeba (239524)

Showing 4 of 12 available sentences.

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.