Phrase guide

minute hand

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

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

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noun

Meaning 2

points to the minutes

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: big hand

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: hand

History

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Across languages

Translations

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: عَقْرَب دَقَائِق (ʕaqrab daqāʔiq) — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Armenian: րոպեի սլաք (ropei slakʻ) — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Belarusian: хвілі́нная стрэ́лка (xvilínnaja strélka) — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Bulgarian: мину́тна стрелка́ (minútna strelká) — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 分針 /分针 (fēnzhēn) — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 大針 /大针 (dàzhēn) — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Chinese Mandarin: 長針 /长针 (chángzhēn) — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Czech: minutová ručička — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Dutch: minutenwijzer — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Finnish: minuuttiosoitin — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Finnish: minuuttiviisari — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • French: grande aiguille — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • French: aiguille des minutes — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • German: Minutenzeiger — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Greek: λεπτοδείκτης (leptodeíktis) — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Greek: λεπτοδείχτης (leptodeíchtis) — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Hungarian: percmutató — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Hungarian: nagymutató — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Indonesian: jarum panjang — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Irish: snáthaid mhór — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Japanese: 分針 (funshin) — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Japanese: 長針 (chōshin) — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Korean: 분침 (bunchim) — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Korean: 장침 (jangchim) — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Korean: 긴바늘 (ginbaneul) — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Maltese: minutiera — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Norwegian Bokmål: minuttviser — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: minuttvisar — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Plautdietsch: Minnutenwiesa — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Polish: wskazówka minutowa — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Portuguese: ponteiro dos minutos — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Portuguese: ponteirão — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Russian: мину́тная стре́лка (minútnaja strélka) — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Russian: больша́я стре́лка (bolʹšája strélka) — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Scottish Gaelic: an spòg mhòr — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Slovak: minútová ručička — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Spanish: minutero — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Swedish: minutvisare — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Tamil: பெரியமுள் (periyamuḷ) — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Turkish: yelkovan — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Ottoman Turkish: یل قوغان (yel koğan) — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes
  • Ukrainian: хвили́нна стрі́лка (xvylýnna strílka) — the hand on a watch or clock which indicates minutes