Le son d'une cloche que l'on sonne pour une personne qui vient de mourir. Sonner le glas. Le glas funèbre.
1. A bell rung to announce a death; SYN. death bell.
2. An omen of death or destruction. death-knell
ETYM Old Eng. knel, cnul, AS. cnyll, from cnyllan to sound a bell; cf. Dutch and German knallen to clap, crack, German and Swed. knall a clap, crack, loud sound, Dan. knalde to clap, crack. Related to Knoll.
The sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something.