English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] sun dial
Pronunciation [ edit ] sundial (plural sundials
A device measuring the time of day by the position of a shadow cast by a pole or plate (gnomon ) upon an engraved series of marks .
pocket sundial
1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers , chapter VIII, in The Younger Set , New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company , →OCLC 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." Hyponyms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow
Afrikaans: sonwyzer
Albanian: orë diellore
Arabic: مِزْوَلَة ( mizwala )
Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: արեւի ժամացույց ( arewi žamacʿuycʿ )
Assamese: please add this translation if you can
Asturian: reló de Sol m
Azerbaijani: günəş saatı
Basque: eguzki erloju
Belarusian: со́нечныя гадзі́ны f pl ( sónječnyja hadzíny )
Bengali: সূর্যঘড়ি ( śurjoghoṛi )
Breton: horolaj-heol m
Bulgarian: слъ́нчев часо́вник m ( slǎ́nčev časóvnik )
Burmese: နေ နာရီ c ( ne nari )
Catalan: rellotge de sol m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 日晷 (zh) ( rìguǐ ) , 日規 ／ 日规 (zh) ( rìguī )
Corsican: meridiana f miridiana f
Czech: sluneční hodiny (cs) f pl
Danish: solur (da) n
Dutch: zonnewijzer (nl) m
Emilian: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: sunhorloĝo
Estonian: päikesekell
Extremaduran: please add this translation if you can
Faroese: sólur n
Finnish: aurinkokello (fi)
French: cadran solaire (fr) m
Galician: reloxo de sol (gl) m
Georgian: მზის საათი ( mzis saati )
German: Sonnenuhr (de) f
Greek: ηλιακό ρολόι (el) n ( iliakó rolói )
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hebrew: שעון שמש (he) m ( sh'ón shémesh )
Hindi: सौर घड़ी f ( saur ghaṛī )
Hungarian: napóra (hu)
Icelandic: sólúr n
Ido: sunohorlojo (io)
Indonesian: jam matahari
Irish: clog gréine m
Italian: meridiana (it) f orologio solare gnomone (it) m eliotropio (it) m
Japanese: 日時計 ( ひどけい, 日時計, hidokei )
Kannada: please add this translation if you can
Kazakh: күн сағаттары ( kün sağattary )
Khmer: នាឡិកាព្រះអាទិត្យ ( niele’kaa preah aatɨt )
Korean: 해시계 ( haesigye )
Lao: ນາລິກາແດດ ( nā li kā dǣt )
Latin: sōlārium hōrologium n sōlārium (la) n
Latvian: saules pulkstenis m
Leonese: please add this translation if you can
Ligurian: relêuio a sô m
Lithuanian: saulės laikrodis m
Lombard: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: сончев часовник m ( sončev časovnik )
Malay: jam matahari
Malayalam: സൂര്യഘടികാരം (ml) ( sūryaghaṭikāraṃ )
Maori: karaka ātārangi
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Neapolitan: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: solur n
Nynorsk: solur n
Occitan: mòstra de solelh f
Old English: sōlmerca m dæġmǣl
Oriya: please add this translation if you can
Persian: ساعت آفتابی (fa) ( sâ'at-e âftâbi )
Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can
Plautdietsch: Sonnenklock f
Polish: zegar słoneczny (pl) m
Portuguese: relógio de sol (pt) m relógio do sol m relógio solar (pt) m solário (pt) m
Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: ceas solar (ro) n cadran solar (ro) n
Russian: со́лнечные часы́ (ru) m pl ( sólnečnyje časý )
Scottish Gaelic: uaireadair-grèine m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сунчаник m сунчани сат m ( Croatia ) , сунчани часовник m ( Bosnia, Serbia )
Roman: sunčanik (sh) m sunčani sat m ( Croatia ) , sunčani časovnik m ( Bosnia, Serbia )
Sicilian: miridiana f
Slovak: slnečné hodiny f pl
Slovene: sónčna úra (sl) f
Spanish: reloj solar m reloj de sol m
Swahili: bonyeza (sw)
Swedish: solur n
Tagalog: oras-araw kuwadrante
Tamil: சூரிய மணிகாட்டி ( cūriya maṇikāṭṭi )
Telugu: నీడగడియారము ( nīḍagaḍiyāramu ) , సూర్యఘంట ( sūryaghaṇṭa )
Thai: นาฬิกาแดด (th) ( naa-lí-gaa-dɛ̀ɛt )
Turkish: güneş saati (tr)
Ukrainian: со́нячний годи́нник m ( sónjačnyj hodýnnyk )
Vietnamese: đồng hồ mặt trời
Volapük: solaglok
Walloon: cwadran solaire
Welsh: deial haul m
Yiddish: please add this translation if you can
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