relojoeiro
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Relojo (“clock”) + -eiro (“-eer”), from Latin hōrologium (“sundial”), from Ancient Greek ώρολόγιον (ṓrológion).
Pronunciation
- (South Brazil) IPA(key): /he.ˌlo.ʒo.ˈe(j).ɾo/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨluˈʒwɐjɾu/
- Hyphenation: re‧lo‧jo‧ei‧ro
Noun
relojoeiro m (plural relojoeiros, feminine relojoeira, feminine plural relojoeiras)
- clockmaker; watchmaker (person who makes and repairs clocks and watches)
Adjective
relojoeiro m (feminine singular relojoeira, masculine plural relojoeiros, feminine plural relojoeiras, not comparable)
- relating to clocks
- relating to clockmaking
Synonyms
- (relating to clocks): horologial
- (relating to clockmaking): horológico
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