Phrase guide

time zone

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A range of longitudes where a common standard time is used.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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noun

Meaning 2

any of the 24 regions of the globe (loosely divided by longitude) throughout which the same standard time is used

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: zone, geographical zone

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Across languages

Translations

67 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: tydsone — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Arabic: مِنْطَقَة زَمَنِيَّة (minṭaqa zamaniyya) — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Armenian: ժամային գոտի (žamayin goti) — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Asturian: estaya horaria — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Asturian: fusu horariu — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Belarusian: ча́савы по́яс (čásavy pójas) — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Belarusian: ча́савы пас (čásavy pas) — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Catalan: fus horari — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Catalan: zona horària — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Chinese Mandarin: 時區 /时区 (shíqū) — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Chinese Mandarin: 標準時區 /标准时区 (biāozhǔn shíqū) — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Crimean Tatar: saat quşağı — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Czech: časové pásmo — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Danish: tidszone — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Dutch: tijdzone — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Esperanto: horzono — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Estonian: ajavöönd — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Finnish: aikavyöhyke — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • French: fuseau horaire — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • West-Frisian: tiidsône — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • West-Frisian: tiidssône — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Galician: fuso horario — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Georgian: სასაათო სარტყელი (sasaato sarṭq̇eli) — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Georgian: სასაათო ზოლი (sasaato zoli) — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Georgian: დროითი სარტყელი (droiti sarṭq̇eli) — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Georgian: დროითი ზოლი (droiti zoli) — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • German: Zeitzone — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Greek: ζώνη ώρας (zóni óras) — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Hebrew: אֵזוֹר זְמַן (ezór zmán) — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Hindi: समय क्षेत्र (samay kṣetra) — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Hungarian: időzóna — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Icelandic: tímabelti — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Indonesian: zona waktu — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Irish: amchrios — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Italian: fuso orario — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Japanese: 時間帯 (jikantai) — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Japanese: タイムゾーン (taimu zōn) — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Korean: 시간대 (sigandae) — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Korean: 타임 존 (taim jon) — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Lithuanian: laiko juosta — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Lithuanian: laiko zona — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Malay: zon waktu — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Māori: rohe wā — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Norwegian Bokmål: tidssone — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: tidssone — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Persian: منطقه زمانی (mantaqe-ye zamâni) — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: tiemsoen — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Polish: strefa czasowa — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Portuguese: fuso horário — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Romanian: fus orar — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Russian: часово́й по́яс (časovój pójas) — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Northern Sami: áigeavádat — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Scottish Gaelic: roinn tìde — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Spanish: huso horario — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Spanish: zona horaria — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Spanish: fuso horario (disused) — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Swedish: tidszon — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Thai: เขตเวลา (kèet-wee-laa) — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Turkish: saat dilimi — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Turkmen: wagt guşagy — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Ukrainian: часови́й по́яс (časovýj pójas) — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Urdu: منطقہ وقت (mintaqa-e-waqt) — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Urdu: منطقہ میقات — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Uyghur: ۋاقىت رايۇنى (waqit rayuni) — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Vietnamese: múi giờ — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Volapük: düpakoun — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used
  • Yoruba: agbègbè àkókò — range of longitudes where a common standard time is used