horloge

Dutch

Alternative forms

• horlogie (archaic)
• horologie (obsolete)
• orloge (obsolete)
• orlogie (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch orlogie, from Old French orloge, from Latin hōrologium, from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion). The current spelling is directly borrowed from French horloge.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɦɔrˈloː.ʒə/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: hor‧lo‧ge
• Rhymes: -oːʒə

Noun

horloge n (plural horloges, diminutive horlogetje n)

1. watch

Hypernyms

• klok
• uurwerk

Derived terms

• horlogemaakster
• horlogemaker
• polshorloge
• zakhorloge

Descendants

• Afrikaans: horlosie
• → Indonesian: arloji
• → Papiamentu: oloshi

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin horologium. Cognate with English horologe and Spanish reloj.

Pronunciation

• ^{(mute h)} IPA^(key): /ɔʁ.lɔʒ/

• audio (une horloge):

  (file)

Noun

horloge f (plural horloges)

1. clock

Further reading

• “horloge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.