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stopwatch

noun · verb · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A timepiece designed to measure the amount of time elapsed between a particular time when activated and when the piece is deactivated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stop clock

Antonyms: none provided

2

verb

Meaning 2

To time (something) by means of a stopwatch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

a timepiece that can be started or stopped for exact timing (as of a race)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: stop watch

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: timer

History

Etymology

From stop + watch.

Across languages

Translations

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: kronometër — timepiece
  • Arabic: سَاعَةُ سِبَاق (sāʕatu sibāq) — timepiece
  • Arabic: سَاعَةُ إِيقَاف (sāʕatu ʔīqāf) — timepiece
  • Armenian: վայրկենաչափ (vayrkenačʻapʻ) — timepiece
  • Azerbaijani: saniyəölçən — timepiece
  • Belarusian: секундаме́р (sjekundamjér) — timepiece
  • Belarusian: сэкундаме́р (sekundamjér) — timepiece
  • Bengali: বিরামঘড়ি (biramghoṛi) — timepiece
  • Bulgarian: хрономе́тър (hronométǎr) — timepiece
  • Bulgarian: секундоме́р (sekundomér) — timepiece
  • Chinese Mandarin: 秒表 (miǎobiǎo) — timepiece
  • Chinese Mandarin: 計時器 /计时器 (jìshíqì) — timepiece
  • Chinese Mandarin: 馬錶 /马表 (mǎbiǎo) — timepiece
  • Chinese Mandarin: 跑錶 /跑表 (pǎobiǎo) — timepiece
  • Czech: stopky — timepiece
  • Danish: stopur — timepiece
  • Danish: løbeur — timepiece
  • Dutch: stopwatch — timepiece
  • Estonian: stopper — timepiece
  • Finnish: sekuntikello — timepiece
  • Finnish: sekkari — timepiece
  • French: chronomètre — timepiece
  • French: garde-temps — timepiece
  • Galician: cronómetro — timepiece
  • Georgian: წამზომი (c̣amzomi) — timepiece
  • Georgian: წამმზომი (c̣ammzomi) — timepiece
  • Georgian: წამსაზომი (c̣amsazomi) — timepiece
  • German: Stoppuhr — timepiece
  • Greek: χρονόμετρο (chronómetro) — timepiece
  • Hindi: विराम घड़ी (virām ghaṛī) — timepiece
  • Hungarian: stopper — timepiece
  • Hungarian: stopperóra — timepiece
  • Icelandic: skeiðklukka — timepiece
  • Indonesian: jam sukat — timepiece
  • Indonesian: jam randek — timepiece
  • Italian: cronometro — timepiece
  • Japanese: ストップウオッチ (sutoppuuotchi) — timepiece
  • Japanese: ストップウォッチ (sutoppuwotchi) — timepiece
  • Japanese: 秒時計 (byōdokei) — timepiece
  • Kazakh: секундөлшеуіш (sekundölşeuış) — timepiece
  • Korean: 스톱워치 (seutobwochi) — timepiece
  • Korean: 초시계 (chosigye) — timepiece
  • Kyrgyz: секундомер (sekundomer) — timepiece
  • Latvian: hronometrs — timepiece
  • Lithuanian: laikmatis — timepiece
  • Lithuanian: chronometras — timepiece
  • Lithuanian: sekundometras — timepiece
  • Macedonian: стоперица (stoperica) — timepiece
  • Macedonian: штоперица (štoperica) — timepiece
  • Malay: jam randik — timepiece
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stoppeklokke — timepiece
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stoppeklokke — timepiece
  • Iranian Persian: کُرُنومِتْر (koronometr) — timepiece
  • Polish: sekundomierz — timepiece
  • Polish: stoper — timepiece
  • Brazilian Portuguese: cronômetro — timepiece
  • European Portuguese: cronómetro — timepiece
  • Romanian: cronometru — timepiece
  • Russian: секундоме́р (sekundomér) — timepiece
  • Serbo-Croatian: што̏перица — timepiece
  • Serbo-Croatian: štȍperica — timepiece
  • Slovak: stopky — timepiece
  • Slovene: štoparica — timepiece
  • Spanish: cronómetro — timepiece
  • Swedish: stoppur — timepiece
  • Swedish: tidtagarur — timepiece
  • Tajik: сонияшумор (soniyašumor) — timepiece
  • Tajik: сониясанҷ (soniyasanj) — timepiece
  • Tajik: секундомер (sekundomer) — timepiece
  • Turkish: kronometre — timepiece
  • Turkmen: sekundomer — timepiece
  • Ukrainian: секундомі́р (sekundomír) — timepiece
  • Uzbek: sekundomer — timepiece
  • Vietnamese: đồng hồ đếm giờ — timepiece
  • Vietnamese: đồng hồ bấm giờ — timepiece