hourglass

English

Etymology

hour +‎ glass

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaʊəɡlɑːs/

Wooden hourglass

Noun

hourglass (plural hourglasses)

1. A clock made of two glass vessels connected by a narrow passage through which sand flows.

   After each game turn, invert the hourglass to reset the time limit for the next player.

2. (computing) A pointer, often shaped like an hourglass, indicating the computer is busy.

   The computer showed an hourglass mouse cursor to indicate that it was too busy to process user input.

Synonyms

• sandglass

Hyponyms

• egg timer, egg-timer

Derived terms

• hourglass drum
• hourglassed
• hourglass figure
• hourglassing
• hourglass-shaped

 

Translations

clock

• Arabic: سَاعَة رَمْلِيَّة f (sāʿa ramliyya)
• Asturian: reló d'arena m
• Breton: eurier-traezh m
• Bulgarian: пясъчен часовник m (pjasǎčen časovnik)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 沙漏 (saa¹ lau⁶)

  Mandarin: 沙漏 (zh) (shālòu), 沙鐘／沙钟, 沙钟 (shāzhōng), 沙壺／沙壶, 沙壶 (shāhú)

  Min Nan: 沙漏 (soa-lāu)

• Czech: přesýpací hodiny (cs) f pl
• Danish: timeglas (da) n
• Dutch: zandloper (nl) m
• Esperanto: sablohorloĝo
• Estonian: liivakell
• Finnish: tiimalasi (fi)
• French: sablier (fr) m
• Galician: reloxo de area (gl)
• Georgian: ქვიშის საათი (kvišis saati)
• German: Sanduhr (de) f
• Greek: κλεψύδρα (el) f (klepsýdra)
• Gujarati: રેતઘડી f (retaghḍī)
• Hungarian: homokóra (hu)
• Ido: sablo-horlojo (io)
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• Italian: clessidra (it) f
• Japanese: 砂時計 (すなどけい, sunadokei), 砂漏 (さろう, sarō)
• Korean: 모래시계 (moraesigye)
• Kumyk: хум сагьат (xum sahat)
• Lithuanian: smėlio laikrodis m
• Malay: jam pasir
• Norman: hôlouoge à sablion f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: timeglass n

  Nynorsk: timeglas n

• Polish: klepsydra (pl) f, zegar piaskowy m inan
• Portuguese: ampulheta (pt) f
• Romanian: nisiparniță (ro) f, clepsidră (ro) f
• Russian: песо́чные часы́ m pl (pesóčnyje časý)
• Serbo-Croatian: peščanik m
• Slovene: peščena ura f
• Spanish: reloj de arena m, ampolleta (es) f
• Swedish: timglas (sv) n
• Turkish: kum saati (tr)
• Ukrainian: піскови́й годи́нник m (piskovýj hodýnnyk)
• Vietnamese: đồng hồ cát