"hour hand" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: hour hands [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} hour hand (plural hour hands)
  1. The hand of a clock or watch face that revolves twice each day and indicates the hours. Categories (topical): Clocks Synonyms: little hand Translations (the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour): عَقْرَب سَاعَات (ʕaqrab sāʕāt) [masculine] (Arabic), ժամասլաք (žamaslakʿ) (Armenian), гадзі́нная стрэ́лка (hadzínnaja strélka) [feminine] (Belarusian), ча́сова стрелка́ (čásova strelká) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 時針 (Chinese Mandarin), 时针 (shízhēn) (Chinese Mandarin), 小針 (Chinese Mandarin), 小针 (xiǎozhēn) (Chinese Mandarin), 短針 (Chinese Mandarin), 短针 (duǎnzhēn) (Chinese Mandarin), hodinová ručička [feminine] (Czech), uurwijzer [masculine] (Dutch), tuntiosoitin (Finnish), tuntiviisari (Finnish), petite aiguille [feminine] (French), aiguille des heures [feminine] (French), Stundenzeiger [masculine] (German), ωροδείκτης (orodeíktis) [masculine] (Greek), óramutató (Hungarian), kismutató (Hungarian), jarum jam (Indonesian), snáthaid bheag [feminine] (Irish), lancetta delle ore [feminine] (Italian), 時針 (jishin) (alt: じしん) (Japanese), 短針 (tanshin) (alt: たんしん) (Japanese), 小針 (kobari) (alt: こばり) (Japanese), 시침 (sichim) (alt: 時針) (Korean), 단침 (danchim) (alt: 短針) (Korean), 소침 (sochim) (alt: 小針) (Korean), 짧은바늘 (jjalbeunbaneul) (Korean), sigħatiera [feminine] (Maltese), timeviser [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), timevisar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), عقرب (akreb) (Ottoman Turkish), wskazówka godzinowa [feminine] (Polish), ponteiro das horas [masculine] (Portuguese), часова́я стре́лка (časovája strélka) [feminine] (Russian), ма́ленькая стре́лка (málenʹkaja strélka) [feminine] (Russian), hodinová ručička [feminine] (Slovak), manecilla [feminine] (Spanish), timvisare [common-gender] (Swedish), akrep (Turkish), годи́нна стрі́лка (hodýnna strílka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
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          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
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          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "word": "時針"
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
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        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "word": "tuntiosoitin"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "petite aiguille"
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          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "aiguille des heures"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "Stundenzeiger"
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          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "orodeíktis",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ωροδείκτης"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "word": "óramutató"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "word": "kismutató"
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        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "word": "jarum jam"
        },
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          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "snáthaid bheag"
        },
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "lancetta delle ore"
        },
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          "alt": "じしん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
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          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
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        },
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          "alt": "こばり",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kobari",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "word": "小針"
        },
        {
          "alt": "時針",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sichim",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "word": "시침"
        },
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          "alt": "短針",
          "code": "ko",
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          "roman": "danchim",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
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          "alt": "小針",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "sochim",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "word": "소침"
        },
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          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "jjalbeunbaneul",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "word": "짧은바늘"
        },
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          "code": "mt",
          "lang": "Maltese",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
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        },
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          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "timeviser"
        },
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          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "timevisar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "akreb",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "word": "عقرب"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "wskazówka godzinowa"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "ponteiro das horas"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "časovája strélka",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "часова́я стре́лка"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "málenʹkaja strélka",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ма́ленькая стре́лка"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "hodinová ručička"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "manecilla"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "timvisare"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "word": "akrep"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "hodýnna strílka",
          "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "годи́нна стрі́лка"
        }
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      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʕaqrab sāʕāt",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "عَقْرَب سَاعَات"
    },
    {
      "code": "hy",
      "lang": "Armenian",
      "roman": "žamaslakʿ",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "word": "ժամասլաք"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "hadzínnaja strélka",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гадзі́нная стрэ́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "čásova strelká",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ча́сова стрелка́"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "word": "時針"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "shízhēn",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "word": "时针"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "word": "小針"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "xiǎozhēn",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "word": "小针"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "word": "短針"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "duǎnzhēn",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "word": "短针"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hodinová ručička"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "uurwijzer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "word": "tuntiosoitin"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "word": "tuntiviisari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "petite aiguille"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aiguille des heures"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Stundenzeiger"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "orodeíktis",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ωροδείκτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "word": "óramutató"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "word": "kismutató"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "word": "jarum jam"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "snáthaid bheag"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lancetta delle ore"
    },
    {
      "alt": "じしん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "jishin",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "word": "時針"
    },
    {
      "alt": "たんしん",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "tanshin",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "word": "短針"
    },
    {
      "alt": "こばり",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kobari",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "word": "小針"
    },
    {
      "alt": "時針",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sichim",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "word": "시침"
    },
    {
      "alt": "短針",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "danchim",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "word": "단침"
    },
    {
      "alt": "小針",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "sochim",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "word": "소침"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "jjalbeunbaneul",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "word": "짧은바늘"
    },
    {
      "code": "mt",
      "lang": "Maltese",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sigħatiera"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "timeviser"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "timevisar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "akreb",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "word": "عقرب"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "wskazówka godzinowa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ponteiro das horas"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "časovája strélka",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "часова́я стре́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "málenʹkaja strélka",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ма́ленькая стре́лка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "hodinová ručička"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "manecilla"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "timvisare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "word": "akrep"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "hodýnna strílka",
      "sense": "the hand on a clock or watch which indicates the hour",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "годи́нна стрі́лка"
    }
  ],
  "word": "hour hand"
}

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