clockin world languages
| Language | Word | Pronunciation | Gender | Actions |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Japanese | 時計とけい | tokei | — | |
| French | horloge | /ɔʁ.lɔʒ/ | feminine | |
| Italian | orologio | /o.roˈlɔː.dʒo/ | masculine | |
| Spanish | reloj | /reˈlox/ | masculine | |
| German | Uhr | /uːɐ̯/ | feminine | |
| Korean | 시계Hanja 時計 | sigye | — | |
| Chinese | 钟Traditional 鐘 | zhōng | — |
Japanese is romanized in Hepburn, Chinese in pinyin, Korean in Revised Romanization; the rest in IPA (Castilian Spanish). Notation
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We found no well-known slang or unwanted meanings for this word in these languages (regional slang is not fully covered).
Language notes
- French (horloge)A wristwatch is montre.
- German (Uhr)Also used for telling the time (“… o’clock”).
- Chinese (钟)送钟 (giving a clock) sounds like 送终 (attending someone’s death), so clocks are taboo as gifts. A watch is 表 (biǎo).