sundial

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Etymology

sun +‎ dial

Noun

sundial (plural sundials)

1. A simple timekeeping device in which the shadow cast by a vertical pole or plate (the gnomon) is used to indicate the time of day.
   • 1907, Robert W. Chambers, chapter VIII, The Younger Set:

     Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there. ¶ "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."

Translations

simple timekeeping device which makes use of sunlight

• Arabic: مِزْوَلَة (mizvalah)
• Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: արեւի ժամացույց (arewi žamacʿuycʿ)
• Asturian: reló de Sol m
• Belarusian: сонечныя гадзіны f pl (sónječnyja hadzíny)
• Bengali: please add this translation if you can
• Breton: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: слънчев часовник m (slǎ̀nčev časóvnik)
• Burmese: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: rellotge de sol m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 日晷 (zh) (rìguǐ), 日規 (zh), 日规 (zh) (rìguī)

• Czech: sluneční hodiny f pl
• Danish: solur (da) n
• Dutch: zonnewijzer (nl) m
• Faroese: sólur n
• Finnish: aurinkokello (fi)
• French: cadran solaire (fr) m
• Galician: reloxo de sol m
• German: Sonnenuhr (de) f
• Greek: ηλιακό ρολόι n (iliakó rolói)
• Hebrew: שעון שמש (he) m (sh'on shémesh)
• Hungarian: napóra (hu)
• Icelandic: sólúr n
• Ido: please add this translation if you can
• Japanese: 日時計 (ひどけい, hidokei)
• Kannada: please add this translation if you can
• Khmer: នាឡិកាព្រះអាទិត្យ (niele’kaa preah aatɨt)

• Korean: please add this translation if you can
• Latin: sōlārium n
• Macedonian: сончев часовник m (sončev časovnik)
• Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: solur n

  Nynorsk: solur n

• Occitan: please add this translation if you can
• Old English: sōlmerca m
• Oriya: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: please add this translation if you can
• Polish: zegar słoneczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: relógio de sol (pt) m, relógio do sol m, relógio solar (pt) m, solário (pt) m
• Russian: солнечные часы (ru) m pl (sólnečnyje časý)
• Serbo-Croatian: sunčanik (sh) m
• Slovak: slnečné hodiny f pl
• Slovene: sónčna úra f
• Spanish: reloj solar m, reloj de sol m
• Swedish: solur n
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: నీడగడియారము (nīḍagaḍiyāramu), సూర్యఘంట (sūryaghaṃṭa)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: güneş saati (tr)
• Ukrainian: сонячний годинник m (sónjačnyj hodýnnyk)
• Vietnamese: đồng hồ mặt trời
• Volapük: solaglok
• Walloon: please add this translation if you can