sirenen.
Now rare or Obsolete.
= siren n. 7.
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a1830 Encycl. Metrop. (1845) IV. 777 This is precisely the principle of the Sirene of Baron Cagniard de la Tour... The Sound produced is clear and sweet, like the human voice.
1850 Pract. Mech. Jrnl. 3 149 (title) On the Sirene, a new sound producer.
1866 Chambers's Encycl. VIII. 745/1 More complex forms, such as Helmholtz's double sirène.
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