warning

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔɹnɪŋ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔːnɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)nɪŋ
• Hyphenation: warn‧ing

warning

1. 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.

warning (countable and uncountable, plural warnings)

1. The action of the verb warn; an instance of warning someone.
   • 1918, W B 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

warning

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

From English warning.

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 (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)!
     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)!

     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)!

     (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！」
     「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！」

     “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!”

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

   • 2023, 新聞女王 ‎, episode 16, spoken by 姚懷恩 (鄭衍峰 ):

     出warning畀我哋？蝦我哋部門細呀？
     出warning畀我哋？虾我哋部门细呀？

     ceot¹ won¹ ning² bei² ngo⁵ dei⁶? haa¹ ngo⁵ dei⁶ bou⁶ mun⁴ sai³ aa⁴?

     (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 ‎, spoken by 熊若水 (呂慧儀 ):

     風少開到聲喇，唔夾收warning㗎
     风少开到声喇，唔夹收warning㗎

     fung¹ siu³ hoi¹ dou³ seng¹ laa³, m⁴ gaap³ sau¹ won¹ ning² gaa³

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

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warning

Wikipedia ^fr

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 , 2012.