sundial

English

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Etymology

sun +‎ dial

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌnˌdaɪəl/

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[illiam] Chambers, “chapter VIII”, in The Younger Set (Project Gutenberg; EBook #14852), New York, N.Y.: A. L. Burt Company, published 1 February 2005 (Project Gutenberg version), OCLC 4241346:

     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 ‎(mizwala)
• Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: արեւի ժամացույց ‎(arewi žamacʿuycʿ)
• Asturian: reló de Sol m
• Belarusian: со́нечныя гадзі́ны f pl ‎(sónječnyja hadzíny)
• Bengali: please add this translation if you can
• Breton: please add this translation if you can
• Bulgarian: слъ́нчев часо́вник m ‎(slǎ́nčev 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 (gl) 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
• Italian: meridiana (it) f
• Japanese: 日時計 ‎(ひどけい, hidokei)
• Kannada: please add this translation if you can

• Khmer: នាឡិកាព្រះអាទិត្យ ‎(niele’kaa preah aatɨt)
• Korean: 해시계 ‎(haesigye)
• Latin: sōlārium (la) 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: ساعت آفتابی (fa) ‎(sâ'at-e âftâbi)
• Polish: zegar słoneczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: relógio de sol (pt) m, relógio do sol m, relógio solar (pt) m, solário (pt) m
• Russian: со́лнечные часы́ (ru) m pl ‎(sólnečnyje časý)
• Serbo-Croatian: sunčanik (sh) m
• Slovak: slnečné hodiny f pl
• Slovene: sónčna úra (sl) 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: นาฬิกาแดด
• Turkish: güneş saati (tr)
• Ukrainian: со́нячний годи́нник m ‎(sónjačnyj hodýnnyk)
• Vietnamese: đồng hồ mặt trời
• Volapük: solaglok
• Walloon: please add this translation if you can