Definition
A person or device that alerts; something that warns or notifies of danger or important information.
Etymology
From 'alert' plus '-er' (agent suffix meaning 'one who does'). The suffix was productive in English for creating agent nouns from verbs since Old English.
Kelly Says
Your phone is a modern alerter—but the concept goes back to bell-ringers in medieval towns who would alert people to fire, invasion, or important announcements!
Translations
BNবাংলা
সতর্ককারী
sat-ork-ka-ri
CACatalà
alertador
a-le-r-ta-dor
CSČeština
varovný systém
va-ro-v-ny sys-tem
DADansk
advarsel
a-d-var-sel
DEDeutsch
Alarmgeber
a-larm-geh-ber
ELΕλληνικά
προειδοποιητής
pro-i-do-poi-e-tis
ESEspañol
alertador
a-le-r-ta-dor
FISuomi
varoitin
va-roi-tin
FRFrançais
alerteur
a-le-r-tyr
HIहिन्दी
चेतावनी
che-ta-va-ni
HUMagyar
figyelmeztető
fi-gyel-mez-te-to
IDBahasa Indonesia
pengingat
pen-gin-gat
ITItaliano
allerta
a-ler-ta
MSBahasa Melayu
penghantar
pen-han-tar
MYမြန်မာ
အကြောင်းပြော
a-kya-ng-pyau
NLNederlands
waarschuwer
wa-r-u-s-w-er
PTPortuguês
alertador
a-le-r-ta-dor
RUРусский
предупредитель
pred-oo-pre-di-tel
SVSvenska
varnare
var-na-re
SWKiswahili
mjumbe
m-jum-be
TAதமிழ்
உயிர்த்துறையாளர்
uyir-thu-rai-ya-la-r
TEతెలుగు
ప్రశంస
pra-shan-sa
THไทย
ผู้แจ้งเตือน
phoo-jaeng-teuan
TLTL
pagsasalaysay
pa-g-sa-la-sa-y
TRTürkçe
uyarıcı
u-ya-ri-ci
UKУкраїнська
попереджувач
po-pered-zhu-vach
URاردو
خبردار
kha-bar-dar
VITiếng Việt
người báo động
nguo-i-bao-dong