chronometer

English

Alternative forms

chronometre (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”) + μέτρον (métron, “measure”); synchronically, chrono- +‎ -meter.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /kɹəˈnɒm.ə.tə(ɹ)/

Noun

chronometer (plural chronometers)

A device for measuring time, such as a watch or clock.

Synonyms

chronoscope

Derived terms

Translations

device for measuring time

Armenian: ժամանակաչափ (hy) (žamanakačʿapʿ)
Catalan: cronòmetre m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 時計 (zh), 时计 (zh) (shíjì), 計時器 (zh), 计时器 (zh) (jìshíqì)
Czech: chronometr m
Esperanto: kronometro
Finnish: kronometri (fi), kello (fi)
French: chronomètre (fr) m, chronoscope (fr) m
German: Chronometer (de) m
Irish: cronaiméadar m
Italian: cronometro (it) m

Japanese: クロノメーター (kuronomētā)
Korean: 크로노미터 (ko) (keuronomiteo)
Persian: کرنومتر‎ (kronometr), گاه‌سنج‎ (gāh-sanj)
Polish: chronometr (pl) m
Portuguese: cronómetro (pt) m (Portugal), cronômetro (pt) m (Brazil), cronoscópio (pt) m
Russian: хроно́метр (ru) m (xronómetr), хроноско́п (ru) m (xronoskóp)
Serbo-Croatian:
Roman: kronometar (sh) m
Slovene: chronometer m
Spanish: cronómetro (es) m
Tagalog: tionsukat

Anagrams

chronometre

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