water clock

See also: waterclock

English

Alternative forms

waterclock

Noun

water clock (plural water clocks)

(chiefly historical) A device for measuring time using water, typically by measuring water flowing in or out of a basin of known size at a known rate.

Synonyms

clepsydra (chiefly historical)

Hypernyms

See clock and chronometer

Translations

device for measuring time

Arabic: سَاعَةٌ مَائِيَّة f (sāʕatun māʔiyya)
Armenian: ջրի ժամացույց (ǰri žamacʿuycʿ)
Azerbaijani: su saatı
Belarusian: вадзяны́ гадзі́ннік m (vadzjaný hadzínnik)
Bulgarian: во́ден часо́вник m (vóden časóvnik)
Catalan: clepsidra f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 滴漏 (zh) (dīlòu), 金壺／金壶 (jīnhú), 刻漏 (zh) (kèlòu), 漏壺／漏壶 (zh) (lòuhú), 漏刻 (zh) (lòukè), 水漏 (zh) (shuǐlòu), 銅壺／铜壶 (zh) (tónghú), 懸泉／悬泉 (zh) (xuánquán), 水鐘／水钟 (shuǐzhōng)
Czech: vodní hodiny f pl
Dutch: wateruuwerk n
Esperanto: akvohorloĝo
Estonian: veekell
Finnish: vesikello (fi), klepsydra (fi)
French: clepsydre (fr) f
German: Wasseruhr (de) f
Greek: κλεψύδρα (el) f (klepsýdra)
Ancient: κλεψύδρα f (klepsúdra)
Hebrew: שְׁעוֹן מַיִם (he) m (she'ón máyim)
Hungarian: vízóra (hu)
Italian: clessidra (it) f
Japanese: 水時計 (ja) (みずどけい, mizudokei)
Korean: 물시계 (ko) (mulsigye)
Lao: ນາລິການ້ຳ (nā li kā nam)
Latin: clepsydra f
Lithuanian: vandens laikodris m
Macedonian: клепси́дра f (klepsídra), воден часовник m (voden časovnik)
Malay: jam air
Persian: ساعت آبی (sâ'at-e âbi), پنگان (fa) (pangân)
Polish: zegar wodny m
Portuguese: clepsidra (pt) f
Russian: водяны́е часы́ m pl (vodjanýje časý), клепси́дра (ru) f (klepsídra)
Slovene: vodna ura f, klepsydra f
Spanish: reloj de agua m
Swedish: vattenur n
Thai: นาฬิกาน้ำ (naa-lí-gaa-náam)
Turkish: su saati (tr)
Ukrainian: водяни́й годи́нник m (vodjanýj hodýnnyk), клепси́дра (uk) f (klepsýdra)
Vietnamese: đồng hồ nước

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