chronometer

English

Alternative forms

• chronometre (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”); synchronically, chrono- +‎ -meter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɹəˈnɒm.ə.tə(ɹ)/

Noun

chronometer (plural chronometers)

1. A device for measuring time, such as a watch or clock.

Synonyms

• chronoscope

Derived terms

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

 

Translations

device for measuring time

• Armenian: ժամանակաչափ (hy) (žamanakačʻapʻ)
• Catalan: cronòmetre (ca) m
• Chinese:

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

• Czech: chronometr m
• Esperanto: kronometro
• Finnish: kronometri (fi), kello (fi)
• French: chronomètre (fr) m, chronoscope (fr) m
• German: Chronometer (de) m
• Irish: cronaiméadar m
• Italian: cronometro (it) m
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• Japanese: クロノメーター (kuronomētā)
• Korean: 크로노미터 (ko) (keuronomiteo)
• Persian: کرنومتر (kronometr), گاه‌سنج (gāh-sanj)
• Polish: chronometr (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:

  Roman: kronometar (sh) m

• Slovene: chronometer m
• Spanish: cronómetro (es) m
• Tagalog: tionsukat

Anagrams

• chronometre