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The hand of a clock or watch face that revolves once each hour and indicates the minutes.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: big hand
Antonyms: none provided
points to the minutes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: big hand
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: hand
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
42 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
عَقْرَب دَقَائِق
(ʕaqrab daqāʔiq)
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Armenian:
րոպեի սլաք
(ropei slakʻ)
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Belarusian:
хвілі́нная стрэ́лка
(xvilínnaja strélka)
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Bulgarian:
мину́тна стрелка́
(minútna strelká)
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Chinese Mandarin:
分針 /分针
(fēnzhēn)
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Chinese Mandarin:
大針 /大针
(dàzhēn)
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Chinese Mandarin:
長針 /长针
(chángzhēn)
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Czech:
minutová ručička
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Dutch:
minutenwijzer
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Finnish:
minuuttiosoitin
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Finnish:
minuuttiviisari
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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French:
grande aiguille
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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French:
aiguille des minutes
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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German:
Minutenzeiger
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Greek:
λεπτοδείκτης
(leptodeíktis)
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Greek:
λεπτοδείχτης
(leptodeíchtis)
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Hungarian:
percmutató
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Hungarian:
nagymutató
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Indonesian:
jarum panjang
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Irish:
snáthaid mhór
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Japanese:
分針
(funshin)
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Japanese:
長針
(chōshin)
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Korean:
분침
(bunchim)
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Korean:
장침
(jangchim)
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Korean:
긴바늘
(ginbaneul)
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Maltese:
minutiera
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Norwegian Bokmål:
minuttviser
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
minuttvisar
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Plautdietsch:
Minnutenwiesa
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Polish:
wskazówka minutowa
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Portuguese:
ponteiro dos minutos
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Portuguese:
ponteirão
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Russian:
мину́тная стре́лка
(minútnaja strélka)
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Russian:
больша́я стре́лка
(bolʹšája strélka)
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Scottish Gaelic:
an spòg mhòr
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Slovak:
minútová ručička
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Spanish:
minutero
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Swedish:
minutvisare
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Tamil:
பெரியமுள்
(periyamuḷ)
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Turkish:
yelkovan
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Ottoman Turkish:
یل قوغان
(yel koğan)
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
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Ukrainian:
хвили́нна стрі́лка
(xvylýnna strílka)
— the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes