Beautiful French girl sounding alarm (5)
I believe the answer is:
belle
'beautiful french' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'girl sounding alarm' is the wordplay.
'girl' becomes 'Bell'.
'sounding alarm' becomes 'e' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'bell'+'e'='BELLE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for belle that I've seen before include "dish" , "Attractive woman" , "Beautiful woman - of the ball?" , "Reigning beauty" , "Lovely girl" .)