Ringings

Part of speech: noun

Definitions

1. A series of sounds produced by bells or similar devices signaling events or times
2. the act of causing a sound to resonate or echo repeatedly in a particular space
3. an ongoing occurrence of phone calls or notifications producing a repeated alert sound

Etymology: "Ringings" is the plural of "ringing," which is the noun form of the verb "ring." The plural form is the one that matters here: it treats each separate sounding of a bell, or each separate telephone or notification alert, as a countable event. Ringing itself carries the older sense of a sounding bell or the act of making one ring, and the plural extends that idea to a series of such sounds.

Synonyms: chimes, tollings, peals, tinklings