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The hand of a clock or watch face that revolves twice each day and indicates the hours.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: little hand
Antonyms: none provided
the shorter hand of a clock that points to the hours
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: little hand
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hand
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
44 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
عَقْرَب سَاعَات
(ʕaqrab sāʕāt)
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Armenian:
ժամասլաք
(žamaslakʻ)
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Belarusian:
гадзі́нная стрэ́лка
(hadzínnaja strélka)
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Bulgarian:
ча́сова стрелка́
(čásova strelká)
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Chinese Mandarin:
時針 /时针
(shízhēn)
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Chinese Mandarin:
小針 /小针
(xiǎozhēn)
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Chinese Mandarin:
短針 /短针
(duǎnzhēn)
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Czech:
hodinová ručička
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Dutch:
uurwijzer
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Finnish:
tuntiosoitin
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Finnish:
tuntiviisari
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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French:
petite aiguille
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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French:
aiguille des heures
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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German:
Stundenzeiger
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Greek:
ωροδείκτης
(orodeíktis)
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Hungarian:
óramutató
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Hungarian:
kismutató
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Indonesian:
jarum jam
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Irish:
snáthaid bheag
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Italian:
lancetta delle ore
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Japanese:
時針
(jishin)
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Japanese:
短針
(tanshin)
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Japanese:
小針
(kobari)
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Korean:
시침
(sichim)
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Korean:
단침
(danchim)
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Korean:
소침
(sochim)
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Korean:
짧은바늘
(jjalbeunbaneul)
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Maltese:
sigħatiera
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Norwegian Bokmål:
timeviser
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
timevisar
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Plautdietsch:
Stundenwiesa
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Polish:
wskazówka godzinowa
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Portuguese:
ponteiro das horas
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Portuguese:
ponteirinho
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Russian:
часова́я стре́лка
(časovája strélka)
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Russian:
ма́ленькая стре́лка
(málenʹkaja strélka)
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Scottish Gaelic:
an spòg bheag
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Slovak:
hodinová ručička
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Spanish:
manecilla
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Swedish:
timvisare
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Tamil:
சின்னமுள்
(ciṉṉamuḷ)
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Turkish:
akrep
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Ottoman Turkish:
عقرب
(ʼakreb)
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour
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Ukrainian:
годи́нна стрі́лка
(hodýnna strílka)
— the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour