Translation
clock; watch
Word origin
From French horloge, from Latin horologium, from Greek horologion: hora ('hour') plus legein ('to tell'). A clock is literally an hour-teller. English keeps the root in horology, the study of timekeeping.
- Origin
- French, from Greek via Latin
- Root
- horologion
- English cognates
- horology, hour
Examples
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The clock on the wall shows the time.
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My watch is not working.
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Look at the clock, we have to go.
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