relógio
Portuguese
Relógio
Alternative forms
- relojo (obsolete, nonstandard or eye-dialect)
Etymology
Borrowed from Spanish reloj, from Old Catalan relotge, from the older orollotge, from Latin hōrologium (“sundial”), from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion).
Compare Galician reloxo, Mirandese reloijo, Asturian and Leonese reló, Spanish reloj, Aragonese reloch, Catalan rellotge and Occitan relòtge.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈlɔ.ʒi.u/ [heˈlɔ.ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ʁeˈlɔ.ʒju/ [heˈlɔ.ʒju]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁeˈlɔ.ʒi.u/ [χeˈlɔ.ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ʁeˈlɔ.ʒju/ [χeˈlɔ.ʒju]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈlɔ.ʒi.o/ [heˈlɔ.ʒɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /ʁeˈlɔ.ʒjo/ [heˈlɔ.ʒjo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨˈlɔ.ʒju/
- (Northeast Brazil) IPA(key): /ɦɛ.ˈlɔ.ʒju/
- Hyphenation: re‧ló‧gi‧o
Noun
relógio m (plural relógios)
- clock (instrument to measure or keep track of time)
- watch
Synonyms
- horológio
Hyponyms
- ampulheta, clepsidra, cronógrafo, despertador, gnómon
Derived terms
Derived terms
- rádio-relógio
- relógio atómico
- relógio biológico
- relógio de pulso
- relógio de sol
- relógio de xadrez
Related terms
Related terms
- horologia
- horológio
- relojoaria
- relojoeiro