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reloj

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Chavacano

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Etymology

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Inherited from Spanish reloj.

Pronunciation

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IPA(key): /ɾeˈlo/ [ɾe.ˈlo]

  • Hyphenation: re‧loj

Noun

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reloj

  1. clock
  2. watch

Derived terms

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Esperanto

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈreloi̯/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -eloi̯
  • Syllabification: re‧loj

Noun

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reloj

  1. plural of relo

Serbo-Croatian

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Etymology

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Via Dalmatian from Koine Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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rèlōj m inan (Cyrillic spelling рѐло̄ј)

  1. (regional, Chakavian, Croatia) clock, watch (instrument used to measure or keep track of time)
    Synonym: sȃt
    • 1908, Zbornik za narodni život i običaje južnih slavena, page 210:
      Trevi ga jedan gospodin pa mu reče: „Ajde ti sa mnom!” I odoše u jednu krčmu. Izvadi taj gospodin reloj pa gleda […]
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    • 1921, Milan Begović, Dunja u kovčegu:
      Šta, gledaš moje ruke? Sve su pocrnjele — trijebili smo mlade orahe. Ali kad sazriju ti ćeš mi već napraviti grontulju! Danas sam ti opet bolestan — najeli smo se oskoruša. Daj mi forint — danas je Rožarica. Kupit ću harmoniku i reloj. I Krste ima reloj. A Jozo harmoniku.
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    • 1997, Zadarska smotra, volume 46 [= Domaća Rič 4], page 390:
      Zvono je ocarinjeno i tri puta na dan opominjalo da se izmoli Zdravomarija. Ono zvonjenje za podne bijaše kao seoski reloj, jer su domaćice hrlile da ne zakasnu s ručkom.
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Declension

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Declension of reloj
singular plural
nominative rèlōj relòji
genitive relòja relójā
dative relòju relòji
accusative rèlōj relòje
vocative relòju relòji
locative relòju relòjima
instrumental relòjem relòjima

Spanish

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Etymology

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    Borrowed from Old Catalan relotge (1362) (Modern Catalan rellotge), from the older orollotge, from Latin hōrologium, from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion).[1] The current form of the word may partly be a back-formation of relojes, plural of obsolete reloje, which better conforms with the Catalan source and would explain the final j, which is rare in Spanish.[2][3] Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese relojo, Portuguese relógio, Greek ρολόι (rolói), French horloge, Italian orologio and Romanian orologiu.

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    Noun

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    reloj m (plural relojes)

    1. clock
      Synonym: (Isleño) pandil
      • 2022 June 3, Sandee LaMotte, “El efecto 'Benjamin Button': científicos logran revertir el envejecimiento en ratones. El objetivo es hacer lo mismo con los humanos”, in CNN en Español[2]:
        “El mayor cambio en mi reloj biológico ocurrió cuando comí con menos frecuencia; ahora solo como una comida al día. Eso marcó la mayor diferencia en mi bioquímica”.
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    2. watch, wristwatch
      Synonyms: reloj de pulsera, (colloquial) peluco

    Derived terms

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    Descendants

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    • Chavacano: reloj
    • Cebuano: relo
    • Cebuano: relo
    • Ilocano: reloó
    • Kapampangan: relu
    • Pangasinan: relo
    • Portuguese: relógio
    • Tagalog: relo, relos

    References

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    1. ^ Gómez de Silva, Guido (1988), Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua española (in Spanish), Mexico: Fondo de Cultura Económica, →ISBN
    2. ^ Coromines, Joan (1961), Breve diccionario etimológico de la lengua castellana [Brief etymological dictionary of the Spanish language] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos, →ISBN
    3. ^ Musa, Héctor Eduardo (2006), Cómo mira y ve el argentino[1] (in Spanish), Buenos Aires, Argentina: Editorial Dunken, →ISBN

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