Phrase guide

cuckoo clock

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A clock that announces the time (hours and quarter hours) by a cuckoo sound, often equipped with a small cuckoo automaton.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

clock that announces the hours with a sound like the call of the cuckoo

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: clock

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Czech: kukačkové hodiny — clock
  • Danish: kukur — clock
  • Dutch: koekoeksklok — clock
  • Esperanto: kukolhorloĝo — clock
  • Esperanto: ŝvarcvalda horloĝo — clock
  • Esperanto: kukuhorloĝo — clock
  • Finnish: käkikello — clock
  • German: Kuckucksuhr — clock
  • Greek: ρολόι κούκου (rolói koúkou) — clock
  • Hungarian: kakukkos óra — clock
  • Irish: clog cuaiche — clock
  • Italian: orologio a cucù — clock
  • Japanese: 鳩時計 (hatodokei) — clock
  • Low German: Kuukuuksklock — clock
  • Macedonian: часовник со кукавица (časovnik so kukavica) — clock
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gjøkur — clock
  • Norwegian Bokmål: gaukur — clock
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: gaukur — clock
  • Polish: zegar z kukułką — clock
  • Portuguese: relógio cuco — clock
  • Romanian: ceas cu cuc — clock
  • Russian: часы с кукушкой (časy s kukuškoj) — clock
  • Spanish: reloj de cuco — clock
  • Spanish: reloj cucú — clock
  • Swedish: gökur — clock
  • Swedish: gökklocka — clock
  • Turkish: guguklu saat — clock
  • Turkish: guguklu — clock