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==English== |
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*[[w:AHD|AHD]]: tīm |
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*Arabic: [[عهد]], [[عصر]] |
*Arabic: [[عهد]], [[عصر]] |
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*[[Bitruscan]]: [[timun]] |
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*[[Breton]]: [[amzer]] ''f'' (1), [[eur]] ''f'' (2), [[gwech]] ''f'' (3) |
*[[Breton]]: [[amzer]] ''f'' (1), [[eur]] ''f'' (2), [[gwech]] ''f'' (3) |
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*Bulgarian: [[време]], [[час]] |
*Bulgarian: [[време]], [[час]] |
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*[[Czech]]: [[čas]] ''m'' |
*[[Czech]]: [[čas]] ''m'' |
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*Dutch: [[tijd]] ''m'' |
*Dutch: [[tijd]] ''m'' |
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*[[Ekspreso]]: [[tempo]] |
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*[[Esperanto]]: [[tempo]] (1), [[horo]] (2), [[fojo]] (3) |
*[[Esperanto]]: [[tempo]] (1), [[horo]] (2), [[fojo]] (3) |
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*Finnish: [[aika]] (1,2), [[kerta]] (3) |
*Finnish: [[aika]] (1,2), [[kerta]] (3) |
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Revision as of 00:32, 29 June 2005
English
Pronunciation
Homophones
Noun
time (plural: times)
- Distance between the past and the present or between the present and future.
- Some physicists consider time the fourth physical dimension (three spatial, one temporal).
- The moment indicated by a clock or other time-measuring device (What time is it?, The time is ten o'clock).
- A particular occasion: See you another time, Last time I was here.
Translations
- Arabic: عهد, عصر
- Breton: amzer f (1), eur f (2), gwech f (3)
- Bulgarian: време, час
- Catalan: temps m
- Chinese: 时间/時間 shíjiān
- Czech: čas m
- Dutch: tijd m
- Esperanto: tempo (1), horo (2), fojo (3)
- Finnish: aika (1,2), kerta (3)
- French: temps m (1), heure f (2), fois f (3)
- Frisian: tiid
- German: Zeit f (1), Uhrzeit f (2), Mal n (3)
- Greek: (Chronos)
- Guaraní: ára
- Hebrew: זמן f
- Ido: tempo, kloko, okaziono
- Indonesian: waktu
- Interlingua: tempore
- Italian: tempo m, volta
- Japanese: 時間 (じかん, jikan) (amount), 時 (とき, toki) (at)
- Korean: 시간 [時間] (sigan) (amount), 때 (ddae) (at)
- Latin: tempus n (1)
- Norwegian: tid
- Polish: czas m
- Portuguese: tempo m (1), hora f (2), vez f (3)
- Romanian: timp n, vreme f
- Russian: время, час
- Spanish: tiempo m (1), hora (2), vez f (3)
- Swedish: tid c (1, 2, 3), gång c (3)
- Tupinambá: 'ara
- Volapük: tim, tüp
Verb
to time (timed, timed)
- to measure time, especially using a clock of some kind.
- to choose the time for
- The bomb was timed to explode at 9:20 p.m.
- The president's speech was timed badly: It coincided with the superbowl.
Translations
- Esperanto: kronometri, registri la daŭron de
- Finnish: ottaa aika, kellottaa
- German: die Zeit nehmen (1),die Zeit stoppen (1), die Zeit messen (1), den Zeitpunkt wählen (2), timen (2)
- Interlingua: chronometrar
- Portuguese: cronometrar
- Vietnamese: thoi gian
Derived Terms
- be lost in the mists of time
- behind the times
- in the nick of time
- the mists of time
- time-and-motion
- time-keeper
- time slot
- time travel
- timed
- timer
- timing