Phrase guide

clock face

name · noun · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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1

name

Meaning 1

A suburban village in Bold parish, Metropolitan Borough of St Helens, Merseyside, England (OS grid ref SJ5291).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands (via the traditional design of clocks); such an arrangement on either a clock or a watch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • Meronyms: dial; hour hand, little hand; minute hand, big hand; second hand

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

Any face of any clock, either with dial and hands or digital.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncommon

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

the face of a clock showing hours and minutes of the day

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: clock dial

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: face

History

Etymology

Named after a large clock face on a local inn.

Across languages

Translations

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قُرْص السَّاعَةِ (qurṣ as-sāʕati) — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Armenian: թվատախտակ (tʻvataxtak) — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Belarusian: цыфербла́т (cyfjerblát) — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Bulgarian: цифербла́т (ciferblát) — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Burmese: ဒိုင်ခွက် (duinghkwak) — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Catalan: esfera de rellotge — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鐘面 /钟面 (zhōngmiàn) — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Czech: ciferník — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Czech: číselník — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Danish: urskive — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Dutch: wijzerplaat — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Finnish: kellotaulu — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • French: cadran — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Georgian: ციფერბლატი (ciperblaṭi) — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • German: Zifferblatt — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Hindi: डायल (ḍāyal) — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Hindi: घड़ी का मुख (ghaṛī kā mukh) — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Hungarian: óralap — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Italian: quadrante — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Japanese: 文字盤 (mojiban) — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Kazakh: циферблат (siferblat) — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Korean: 문자반 (munjaban) — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Kyrgyz: циферблат (tsiferblat) — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Lao: ຫນ້າປັດ (nā pat) — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Lao: ພະນຽງ (pha nīang) — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Macedonian: бројник (brojnik) — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Macedonian: бројчаник (brojčanik) — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Norwegian Bokmål: urskive — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Pannonian Rusyn: нумернїк (numernjik) — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Persian: صفحهٔ ساعت (safhe-ye sâ'at) — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Plautdietsch: Ziffablaut — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Polish: tarcza — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Polish: cyferblat — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Portuguese: mostrador — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Russian: цифербла́т (ciferblát) — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Serbo-Croatian: бројча̀нӣк — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Serbo-Croatian: цѝферблат — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Serbo-Croatian: brojčànīk — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Serbo-Croatian: cìferblat — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Slovak: ciferník — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Slovak: číselník — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Slovene: številčnica — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Spanish: esfera — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Spanish: cuadrante — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Spanish: carátula — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Swahili: bonyeza — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Swedish: urtavla — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Tajik: лавҳаи соат (lavha-yi soat) — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Thai: หน้าปัด (nâa-bpàt) — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Turkish: kadran — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Turkmen: siferblat — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Ukrainian: цифербла́т (cyferblát) — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Uzbek: siferblat — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Uzbek: tsiferblat — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Vietnamese: mặt đồng hồ — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Vietnamese: mặt số — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Vietnamese: mặt — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands
  • Welsh: wyneb cloc — the surface of a clock that contains the dial and hands