anticlockwise

See also: anti-clockwise

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ clockwise

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌæn.tiˈklɒk.waɪz/
• (US) enPR: ăn'tēkläkʹwīz, ăn'tīkläkʹwīz, IPA^(key): /ˌæn.tɪˈklɑkˌwaɪz/, /ˌæn.tiˈklɑkˌwaɪz/, /ˌænˌtaɪˈklɑkˌwaɪz/

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• (General Australian) IPA^(key): /ˌæn.tiˈklɔk.wɑɪz/

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Adjective

anticlockwise (not comparable)

1. (South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Ireland, Hong Kong, 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 (when viewed from the front), 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

• Catalan: en el sentit antihorari
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反時針方向的／反时针方向的 (fǎn shízhēn fāngxiàng de), 逆時針的／逆时针的 (nì shízhēn de), 逆時針／逆时针 (zh) (nì shízhēn)

• Danish: mod uret
• Dutch: tegen de klok in, in tegenwijzerzin
• Esperanto: maldekstruma, livuma
• Estonian: vastupäeva
• Finnish: vastapäiväinen (fi)
• French: dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d’une montre (fr), dans le sens antihoraire (fr), antihoraire (fr) m or f
• Galician: antihorario m, antihoraria f
• Georgian: საათის ისრის საწინააღმდეგო (saatis isris sac̣inaaɣmdego), საათის ისრის საწინააღმდეგო მიმართულებით (saatis isris sac̣inaaɣmdego mimartulebit), საათის ისრის საწინააღმდეგო მიმართულებით მოძრავი (saatis isris sac̣inaaɣmdego mimartulebit moʒravi), საათის ისრის საპირისპირო მიმართულებით მოძრავი (saatis isris saṗirisṗiro mimartulebit moʒravi)
• German: im Gegenuhrzeigersinn, gegen den Uhrzeigersinn
• Hebrew: נגד כיוון השעון‎ (néged kivún hasha'ón)
• Hungarian: az óramutató járásával ellenkező
• Ido: inversa-horloja
• Irish: tuathal
• Italian: antiorario (it)
• Japanese: 反時計回り (hantokeimawari), 左巻き (hidarimaki)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mot klokka, mot klokken

  Nynorsk: mot klokka

• Polish: przeciwny do ruchu wskazówek zegara m
• Portuguese: anti-horário (pt)
• Romanian: în sens antiorar
• Russian: про́тив часово́й стре́лки (prótiv časovój strélki)
• Scottish Gaelic: tuathal
• Spanish: antihorario, sinistrorso, levógiro (es)
• Swedish: motsols (sv), moturs (sv)
• Tagalog: balitaknaan
• Tibetan: སྐོར་ལོག (skor log, literally “the backwards way around”), ཕྱི་སྐོར (phyi skor, literally “the non-Buddhist way around”), གཡོན་འཁྱིལ (g.yon 'khyil, literally “left-winding”)
• Turkish: saat yönünün tersinde
• Welsh: gwrthglocwedd (cy)

Adverb

anticlockwise (not comparable)

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

Synonyms

• counterclockwise (US) / counter-clockwise (US), widdershins / withershins (particularly on a sundial)
• in a counterclockwise direction (US), in an anticlockwise direction (UK, South Africa, AU, NZ)

Antonyms

• clockwise

Translations

in the opposite direction to the hands of an analogue clock

• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 逆時針／逆时针 (jik⁶ si⁴ zam¹)

  Mandarin: 反時針方向的／反时针方向的 (fǎn shízhēn fāngxiàng de), 逆時針的／逆时针的 (nì shízhēn de)

• Czech: proti směru hodinových ručiček
• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} tegen de klok in , linksom (nl)
• Esperanto: maldekstrume, livume, kontraŭhorloĝdirekte
• Estonian: vastupäeva
• Finnish: vastapäivään (fi)
• French: dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d’une montre, dans le sens contraire des aiguilles d’une montre, dans le sens antihoraire
• Galician: en sentido antihorario, antihorariamente, en sentido contrario ás agullas do reloxo
• Georgian: საათის ისრის საწინააღმდეგოდ (saatis isris sac̣inaaɣmdegod), საათის ისრის საწინააღმდეგო მიმართულებით (saatis isris sac̣inaaɣmdego mimartulebit), საათის ისრის საპირისპიროდ (saatis isris saṗirisṗirod)
• German: im Gegenuhrzeigersinn, gegen den Uhrzeigersinn
• Greek: αριστερόστροφα (aristeróstrofa), αντίθετα με την φορά των δεικτών του ρολογιού (antítheta me tin forá ton deiktón tou rologioú)
• Hebrew: נגד כיוון השעון‎ (néged kivún hasha'ón)
• Hungarian: az óramutató járásával ellenkezően
• Ido: inverse-horloje
• Italian: in senso antiorario
• Japanese: 左回り (ひだりまわり, hidarimawari), ^{(please verify)} 反時計回り (はんとけいまわり, hantokeimawari), (rare) ^{(please verify)} 逆時計回り (ぎゃくとけいまわり, gyakutokeimawari)
• Norman: contre lé solé
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: mot klokken

• Polish: przeciwnie do ruchu wskazówek zegara
• Portuguese: no sentido anti-horário, no sentido contrário aos ponteiros do relógio
• Romanian: în sens antiorar
• Russian: про́тив часово́й стре́лки (prótiv časovój strélki)
• Scottish Gaelic: tuathail
• Serbo-Croatian: супротно од казаљке на сату
• Spanish: en sentido antihorario, antihorariamente, en sentido contrario a las agujas del reloj
• Swedish: moturs (sv), motsols (sv)
• Tibetan: སྐོར་ལོག (skor log, literally “the backwards way around”), སྤྱི་སྐོར (spyi skor, literally “the non-Buddhist way around”), གཡོན་འཁྱིལ (g.yon 'khyil, literally “left-winding”)
• Turkish: saat yönünün tersinde
• Ukrainian: проти годинникової стрілки (proty hodynnykovoji strilky)
• Vietnamese: ngược chiều kim đồng hồ, theo chiều ngược kim đồng hồ

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} antikloksgewys
• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} वामावर्त्त (vāmāvartt), ^{(please verify)} प्रति-घटि (prati-ghaṭi)
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} mot klokka
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} proti smeru ručičiek