Standard Lemma guide

wristwatch

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɹɪstˌwɒt͡ʃ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ˈɹɪstˌwɔt͡ʃ/
  • General-American: /ˈɹɪstˌwɑt͡ʃ/
  • Australian: /ˈɹɪstˌwɔt͡ʃ/
  • CMU ARPABET: R IH1 S T W AA2 CH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A watch that is worn on a strap or band fastened around the wrist

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a watch that is worn strapped to the wrist

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: wrist watch

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: watch, ticker

History

Etymology

From wrist + watch.

Across languages

Translations

112 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: polshorlosie — watch worn on the wrist
  • Albanian: orë dore — watch worn on the wrist
  • Armenian: ժամացույց (žamacʻuycʻ) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Armenian: ձեռքի ժամացույց (jeṙkʻi žamacʻuycʻ) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Asturian: reló de pulsera — watch worn on the wrist
  • Azerbaijani: qol saatı — watch worn on the wrist
  • Bashkir: ҡул сәғәте (qul səğəte) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Basque: eskumuturreko erloju — watch worn on the wrist
  • Basque: montra — watch worn on the wrist
  • Belarusian: нару́чны гадзі́ннік (narúčny hadzínnik) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Breton: eurier-brec'h — watch worn on the wrist
  • Breton: eurier — watch worn on the wrist
  • Breton: montr — watch worn on the wrist
  • Bulgarian: ръчен часовник (rǎčen časovnik) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Burmese: လက်ပတ်နာရီ (lakpatnari) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Catalan: rellotge de polsera — watch worn on the wrist
  • Chinese Cantonese: 手錶 /手表 — watch worn on the wrist
  • Eastern Min Chinese: 手錶 /手表 (chiū-biēu) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Chinese: 手錶 /手表 (zh-min-nan) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Chinese Mandarin: 手錶 /手表 (shǒubiǎo) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Northern Min Chinese: 手錶 /手表 (siǔ-biáu) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Wu Chinese: 手錶 /手表 — watch worn on the wrist
  • Czech: náramkové hodinky — watch worn on the wrist
  • Danish: armbåndsur — watch worn on the wrist
  • Dutch: polshorloge — watch worn on the wrist
  • Dutch: horloge — watch worn on the wrist
  • Dutch: uurwerk — watch worn on the wrist
  • Emilian: arlói da braz (Modenese) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Esperanto: brakhorloĝo — watch worn on the wrist
  • Estonian: käekell — watch worn on the wrist
  • Faroese: armbandsur — watch worn on the wrist
  • Finnish: rannekello — watch worn on the wrist
  • French: montre — watch worn on the wrist
  • French: bracelet-montre — watch worn on the wrist
  • West-Frisian: polshorloazje — watch worn on the wrist
  • Galician: reloxo de pulseira — watch worn on the wrist
  • Georgian: მაჯის საათი (maǯis saati) — watch worn on the wrist
  • German: Armbanduhr — watch worn on the wrist
  • Greek: ρολόι χειρός (rolói cheirós) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Gujarati: કાંડાઘડિયાળ (kā̃ḍāghḍiyāḷ) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Haitian Creole: mont — watch worn on the wrist
  • Hebrew: שְׁעוֹן יָד (sh'on yad) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Hungarian: karóra — watch worn on the wrist
  • Icelandic: armbandsúr — watch worn on the wrist
  • Icelandic: úr — watch worn on the wrist
  • Ido: karp-horlojo — watch worn on the wrist
  • Indonesian: jam tangan — watch worn on the wrist
  • Interlingua: horologio-bracialetto — watch worn on the wrist
  • Irish: uaireadóir rosta — watch worn on the wrist
  • Irish: uaireadóir — watch worn on the wrist
  • Italian: orologio da polso — watch worn on the wrist
  • Japanese: 腕時計 (udedokei) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Korean: 손목시계 (sonmoksigye) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Korean: 팔목시계 (palmoksigye) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Korean: 팔뚝시계 (palttuksigye) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Korean: 손시계 (sonsigye) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Latin: horologium armillare — watch worn on the wrist
  • Latin: horologium brachiale — watch worn on the wrist
  • Latvian: rokas pulkstenis — watch worn on the wrist
  • Limburgish: ermbandoer — watch worn on the wrist
  • Lithuanian: rankinis laikrodis — watch worn on the wrist
  • Luxembourgish: Aarmbandauer — watch worn on the wrist
  • Macedonian: ра́чен ча́совник (ráčen čásovnik) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Malay: jam tangan — watch worn on the wrist
  • Mongolian: бугуйн цаг (bugujn cag) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Mongolian: гар цаг (gar cag) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Mongolian: ᠪᠠᠭᠤᠤ ᠶ᠋ᠢᠨ ᠴᠠᠭ (baɣuu yin čaɣ) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Mongolian: ᠭᠠᠷ ᠴᠠᠭ (ɣar čaɣ) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Norwegian Bokmål: armbåndsur — watch worn on the wrist
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: armbandsur — watch worn on the wrist
  • Occitan: mòstra de punhet — watch worn on the wrist
  • Plautdietsch: Hauntua — watch worn on the wrist
  • Polish: zegarek na rękę — watch worn on the wrist
  • Portuguese: relógio de pulso — watch worn on the wrist
  • Portuguese: relógio-pulseira — watch worn on the wrist
  • Punjabi: ਹੱਥ ਘੜੀ (hattha ghaṛī) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Romanian: ceas de mână — watch worn on the wrist
  • Romansh: ura da bratsch — watch worn on the wrist
  • Russian: часы́ (časý) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Russian: нару́чные часы́ (narúčnyje časý) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Scottish Gaelic: uaireadair-dùirn — watch worn on the wrist
  • Scottish Gaelic: uaireadair-làimh — watch worn on the wrist
  • Serbo-Croatian: ручни сат — watch worn on the wrist
  • Serbo-Croatian: ručni sat — watch worn on the wrist
  • Slovak: náramkové hodinky — watch worn on the wrist
  • Slovene: ročna ura — watch worn on the wrist
  • Slovene: zapestna ura — watch worn on the wrist
  • Southern Altai: саат (saat) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Spanish: reloj de pulsera — watch worn on the wrist
  • Spanish: reloj — watch worn on the wrist
  • Spanish: extensible — watch worn on the wrist
  • Spanish: pulsera de reloj — watch worn on the wrist
  • Spanish: muñequera — watch worn on the wrist
  • Spanish: guasho — watch worn on the wrist
  • Spanish: washo — watch worn on the wrist
  • Spanish: reloj de muñeca — watch worn on the wrist
  • Spanish: reloj tipo pulsera — watch worn on the wrist
  • Spanish: pulsera tipo reloj — watch worn on the wrist
  • Swahili: saa ya mkono — watch worn on the wrist
  • Swedish: armbandsur — watch worn on the wrist
  • Tagalog: relo — watch worn on the wrist
  • Tamil: கைக்கடிகாரம் (kaikkaṭikāram) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Telugu: చేతి గడియారం (cēti gaḍiyāraṁ) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Thai: นาฬิกาข้อมือ (naa-lí-gaa-kɔ̂ɔ-mʉʉ) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Turkish: kol saati — watch worn on the wrist
  • Ukrainian: наручний годинник (naručnyj hodynnyk) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Ukrainian: годинник (hodynnyk) — watch worn on the wrist
  • Urdu: ہاتھ گھڑی — watch worn on the wrist
  • Uzbek: qoʻl soat — watch worn on the wrist
  • Vietnamese: đồng hồ đeo tay — watch worn on the wrist
  • Welsh: watsh — watch worn on the wrist
  • Yakut: хары чаһыта (qarï čahïta) — watch worn on the wrist