chronometer

English

Alternative forms

• chronometre (nonstandard)

Etymology

From chrono- +‎ -meter, possibly after the model of earlier French chronomètre (“metronome”), ultimately from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + μέτρον (métron, “meter, measuring device”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /kɹəˈnɒm.ə.tə(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /kɹəˈnɑ.mə.tɚ/, [kɹəˈnɑ.mə.ɾɚ]

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /kɹəˈnɔm.ə.tə(ɹ)/

Noun

chronometer (plural chronometers)

1. A device for measuring time, particularly a precision mechanism for measuring time of day.

   A wristwatch costs $20. A chronometer costs $20,000.

Synonyms

• timepiece (some uses)

Hyponyms

• clock, timepiece (some uses), watch, pocket watch; stopwatch, chronograph; chronoscope; sundial; hourglass; water clock, clepsydra; horologium, horologe (archaic)

Coordinate terms

• horology, chronometry (study of time); horologist, horologer (manufacturer)

Derived terms

• biochronometer
• cosmochronometer
• geochronometer
• marine chronometer
• microchronometer
• pantochronometer

 

Translations

device for measuring time, particularly time of day

• Armenian: ժամանակաչափ (hy) (žamanakačʻapʻ)
• Belarusian: храно́метр m (xranómjetr), храно́мэтр m (xranómetr), храно́мэтар m (xranómetar)
• Bulgarian: часовник (bg) m (časovnik), хронометър m (hronometǎr)
• Catalan: cronòmetre (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 時計／时计 (zh) (shíjì), 計時器／计时器 (zh) (jìshíqì)

• Czech: chronometr m
• Esperanto: kronometro
• Finnish: kronometri (fi), kello (fi)
• French: chronomètre (fr) m, chronoscope (fr) m
• Galician: cronómetro m
• German: Chronometer (de) m, Uhr (de) f
• Greek:

  Ancient: ὡρολόγιον n (hōrológion) (Koine), ὠράριθμον n (ōrárithmon)

• Hungarian: időmérő (hu), óra (hu)
• Irish: cronaiméadar m
• Italian: cronometro (it) m
• Japanese: クロノメーター (kuronomētā)
• Korean: 크로노미터 (ko) (keuronomiteo)
• Latin: horologium (la) n
• Maori: matawā
• Persian: کرنومتر (koronometr), گاه‌سنج (gâh-sanj)
• Polish: chronometr (pl) m, czasomierz (pl) m
• Portuguese: cronómetro (pt) m (Portugal), cronômetro (pt) m (Brazil), cronoscópio (pt) m
• Russian: хроно́метр (ru) m (xronómetr), хроноско́п (ru) m (xronoskóp)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: кро̏нометар m

  Roman: krȍnometar (sh) m

• Slovene: chronometer m
• Spanish: cronómetro (es) m
• Tagalog: tionsukat
• Turkish: saat (tr)
• Ukrainian: хроно́метр m (xronómetr)

References

• “chronometer”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• Wolfgang Köberer, "On the First Use of the Term 'Chronometer'", The Mariner's Mirror, Vol. 106, No. 2, 2016, pp. 203–06

Anagrams

• chronometre