anticlockwise

English

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Etymology

anti- + clock + -wise

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˌæntiˈklɒk.waɪz/, X-SAMPA: /%{nti."klQk.wAIz/
• (US) enPR: ăn'tēkläkʹwīz, ăn'tīkläkʹwīz, IPA: /ˌæntiˈklɑkwaɪz/, /ˌæntaɪˈklɑkwaɪz/, X-SAMPA: /%{nti"klAkwaIz/, /%{ntaI"klAkwaIz/

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Adjective

anticlockwise (not comparable)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK, of movement) in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom, in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move.

Synonyms

• counterclockwise (US) / counter-clockwise (US), laevorotatory (chemistry, UK) / levorotatory (chemistry, US), positive (geometry)

Antonyms

• clockwise

Translations

in the opposite direction to the hands of an analogue clock

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 反時針方向的, simpl. 反时针方向的 (pinyin: făn shízhēn fāngxiàng de), trad. 逆時針的, simpl. 逆时针的 (pinyin: nì shízhēn de), 逆時針 (cmn), 逆时针 (cmn) (nì shízhēn)

• Esperanto: maldekstruma (eo), livuma (eo)
• Finnish: vastapäiväinen (fi)
• French: dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d’une montre (fr)
• German: im Gegenuhrzeigersinn (de), gegen den Uhrzeigersinn (de)

• Hungarian: az óramutató járásával ellenkező
• Italian: antiorario (it)
• Japanese: 反時計回り (ja) (han-tokei-mawari)
• Portuguese: anti-horário (pt) m
• Russian: против часовой стрелки (ru) (prótiv časovój strélki)
• Spanish: sinistrorso (es) m
• Turkish: saat yönünün tersinde (tr)

Adverb

anticlockwise (not comparable)

1. (Australia, New Zealand, UK) In an anticlockwise fashion.

Synonyms

• counterclockwise (US) / counter-clockwise (US), widdershins / withershins (particularly on a sundial)

Antonyms

• clockwise

Translations

in the opposite direction to the hands of an analogue clock

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 反時針方向的, simpl. 反时针方向的 (pinyin: făn shízhēn fāngxiàng de), trad. 逆時針的, simpl. 逆时针的 (pinyin: nì shízhēn de)

• Czech: proti směru hodinových ručiček (cs)
• Dutch: tegen de klok in, linksom
• Esperanto: maldekstrume (eo), livume (eo)
• Estonian: vastupäeva (et)
• Finnish: vastapäivään (fi)
• French: dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d'une montre, dans le sens contraire des aiguilles d'une montre
• German: gegen den Uhrzeigersinn (de)
• Hungarian: az óramutató járásával ellenkezően

• Italian: in senso antiorario (it)
• Japanese: 左回り (ひだりまわり, hidarimawari), 反時計回り　(はんとけいまわり, hantokēmawari), (rare) 逆時計回り　(ぎゃくとけいまわり, gyakutokēmawari)
• Polish: przeciwnie do ruchu wskazówek zegara
• Portuguese: no sentido anti-horário (pt)
• Russian: против часовой стрелки (ru) (prótiv časovój strélki)
• Scottish Gaelic: tuathail (gd)
• Spanish: contra reloj (es)
• Swedish: moturs (sv), motsols (sv)
• Turkish: saat yönünün tersinde (tr)

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Translations to be checked

• Afrikaans: antikloksgewys
• German: gegen den Uhrzeigersinn
• Hebrew: נגד כיוון השעון (neged kivoon hasha'on)
• Hindi: वामावर्त्त, प्रति-घटि

• Norwegian: mot klokka
• Slovak: proti smeru ručičiek
• Spanish: en sentido contrario a las agujas del reloj
• Vietnamese: theo chiều ngược kim đồng hồ