Clarion
/ˈklær.i.ən/noun
A shrill, clear-sounding trumpet or voice; also clear and unmistakable in tone.
Did you know?Clarion entered English through Old French, where it named a bright, high-pitched trumpet—an instrument whose sound was literally designed to pierce noise and control crowds.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*ḱel-
“to shout, call out, make a sound”
Latin
Latin
clārus
“clear, loud, bright, famous”
Late Latin
Latin
clāriō
“a clear-sounding trumpet”
Old French
Old French
clarion
“a small trumpet; a shrill trumpet sound”
Middle English
English
clarion
“a trumpet or trumpet-like sound”
Modern English
English
clarion
“a shrill, clear trumpet-like sound or voice”