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Horloge — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • clock noun A device that displays or measures the time of day.
  • horologium name Synonym of Tower of the Winds, a monument in ancient Athens that included a clepsydra and multiple prominent sundials.

Senses

Horloge is used for these senses in English:

  • Horologium (astronomy) A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a pendulum clock. It lies between the constellations Fornax and Dorado.
  • clock (attributive) A common noun relating to an instrument that measures or keeps track of time.

clock — full definition

  1. noun A device that displays or measures the time of day.
  2. noun The odometer of a vehicle, which records distance travelled.
  3. verb To measure the time or speed of something.
  4. verb To notice or become aware of something.
  5. verb To illegally alter a vehicle's odometer to show a lower mileage.

horologium — full definition

  1. name Synonym of Tower of the Winds, a monument in ancient Athens that included a clepsydra and multiple prominent sundials.
  2. name Synonym of Solarium, a monument in ancient Rome whose obelisk was once believed to have acted as a sundial gnomon.
  3. name A constellation of the southern sky, said to resemble a pendulum clock. It lies between the constellations Fornax and Dorado.
  4. name Alternative letter-case form of horologium, the book of hours in the Eastern Orthodox and Catholic churches.

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