"sundial" meaning in English

See sundial in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsʌnˌdaɪ.əl/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-sundial.wav Forms: sundials [plural]
Etymology: From sun + dial, a clarification of dial after it was used for other objects as well. Etymology templates: {{af|en|sun|dial}} sun + dial Head templates: {{en-noun}} sundial (plural sundials)
  1. A device measuring the time of day by the position of a shadow cast by a pole or plate (gnomon) upon an engraved series of marks. Categories (topical): Timekeeping Synonyms: dial, horologe, horologium [archaic] Hyponyms (on churches): mass dial, tide dial, scratch dial Coordinate_terms: sciatheric [adjective], gnomon, style, cock (english: marker) Translations (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow): sonwyzer (Afrikaans), orë diellore (Albanian), مِزْوَلَة (mizwala) (Arabic), արեւի ժամացույց (arewi žamacʻuycʻ) (Armenian), reló de Sol [masculine] (Asturian), günəş saatı (Azerbaijani), eguzki erloju (Basque), со́нечныя гадзі́ны (sónječnyja hadzíny) [feminine, plural] (Belarusian), সূর্যঘড়ি (śurjoghoṛi) (Bengali), horolaj-heol [masculine] (Breton), слъ́нчев часо́вник (slǎ́nčev časóvnik) [masculine] (Bulgarian), နေ နာရီ (ne nari) [common-gender] (Burmese), rellotge de sol [masculine] (Catalan), 日晷 (rìguǐ) (Chinese Mandarin), 日規 (Chinese Mandarin), 日规 (rìguī) (Chinese Mandarin), meridiana [feminine] (Corsican), miridiana [feminine] (Corsican), sluneční hodiny [feminine, plural] (Czech), solur [neuter] (Danish), zonnewijzer [masculine] (Dutch), sunhorloĝo (Esperanto), päikesekell (Estonian), sólur [neuter] (Faroese), aurinkokello (Finnish), cadran solaire [masculine] (French), reloxo de sol [masculine] (Galician), მზის საათი (mzis saati) (Georgian), Sonnenuhr [feminine] (German), ηλιακό ρολόι (iliakó rolói) [neuter] (Greek), שעון שמש (sh'ón shémesh) [masculine] (Hebrew), सौर-घड़ी (saur-ghaṛī) [feminine] (Hindi), धूपघड़ी (dhūpghaṛī) [feminine] (Hindi), napóra (Hungarian), sólúr [neuter] (Icelandic), sunohorlojo (Ido), jam matahari (Indonesian), clog gréine [masculine] (Irish), meridiana [feminine] (Italian), orologio solare (Italian), gnomone [masculine] (Italian), eliotropio [masculine] (Italian), 日時計 (alt: ひどけい, 日時計, hidokei) (Japanese), күн сағаттары (kün sağattary) (Kazakh), នាឡិកាព្រះអាទិត្យ (niele’kaa preah aatɨt) (Khmer), 해시계 (haesigye) (Korean), ນາລິກາແດດ (nā li kā dǣt) (Lao), sōlārium hōrologium [neuter] (Latin), sōlārium [neuter] (Latin), saules pulkstenis [masculine] (Latvian), relêuio a sô [masculine] (Ligurian), saulės laikrodis [masculine] (Lithuanian), сончев часовник (sončev časovnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), jam matahari (Malay), സൂര്യഘടികാരം (sūryaghaṭikāraṁ) (Malayalam), karaka ātārangi (Maori), solur [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), solur [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), mòstra de solelh [feminine] (Occitan), sōlmerca [masculine] (Old English), dæġmǣl (Old English), گونش ساعتی (güneş saʾati) (Ottoman Turkish), ساعت آفتابی (sâ'at-e âftâbi) (Persian), Sonnenklock [feminine] (Plautdietsch), zegar słoneczny [masculine] (Polish), relógio de sol [masculine] (Portuguese), relógio do sol [masculine] (Portuguese), relógio solar [masculine] (Portuguese), solário [masculine] (Portuguese), ceas solar [neuter] (Romanian), cadran solar [neuter] (Romanian), со́лнечные часы́ (sólnečnyje časý) [masculine, plural] (Russian), uaireadair-grèine [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), сунчаник [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), сунчани сат [Croatia, Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), сунчани часовник [Bosnia, Cyrillic, Serbia, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sunčanik [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sunčani sat [Croatia, Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), sunčani časovnik [Bosnia, Roman, Serbia, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), miridiana [feminine] (Sicilian), slnečné hodiny [feminine, plural] (Slovak), sónčna úra [feminine] (Slovene), reloj solar [masculine] (Spanish), reloj de sol [masculine] (Spanish), bonyeza (Swahili), solur [neuter] (Swedish), oras-araw (Tagalog), kuwadrante (Tagalog), சூரிய மணிகாட்டி (cūriya maṇikāṭṭi) (Tamil), నీడగడియారము (nīḍagaḍiyāramu) (Telugu), సూర్యఘంట (sūryaghaṇṭa) (Telugu), นาฬิกาแดด (naa-lí-gaa-dɛ̀ɛt) (Thai), güneş saati (Turkish), со́нячний годи́нник (sónjačnyj hodýnnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), đồng hồ mặt trời (Vietnamese), solaglok (Volapük), cwadran solaire (Walloon), deial haul [masculine] (Welsh)
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Inflected forms

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          "word": "sciatheric"
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          "word": "gnomon"
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          "text": "The birdbath includes a small gnomon that acts as a sundial with markings on the basin if it's aligned correctly with the sun.",
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          "ref": "1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there.\n\"I never understood it,\" she observed, lightly scornful. \"What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics.\"",
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          "ref": "1985 April 4, Daryln Brewer, “HELPFUL HARDWARE; AN ARRAY OF SUNDIALS”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "The shop carries more than a dozen sundials, mostly of bronze, plus an astrolabe ($650) of wrought iron.",
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          "ref": "1988, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 3, in The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 60:",
          "text": "It was Oxford now—the matriculation photograph, posed in the stony front quad at Corpus, the pelican on top of the sundial appearing to sit on the head of the lanky, begowned chemist at the centre of the back row.",
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        {
          "sense": "on churches",
          "word": "tide dial"
        },
        {
          "sense": "on churches",
          "word": "scratch dial"
        }
      ],
      "id": "en-sundial-en-noun-VK25hucT",
      "links": [
        [
          "device",
          "device"
        ],
        [
          "measuring",
          "measuring"
        ],
        [
          "time of day",
          "time of day"
        ],
        [
          "position",
          "position"
        ],
        [
          "shadow",
          "shadow"
        ],
        [
          "cast",
          "cast"
        ],
        [
          "pole",
          "pole"
        ],
        [
          "plate",
          "plate"
        ],
        [
          "gnomon",
          "gnomon"
        ],
        [
          "engrave",
          "engrave"
        ],
        [
          "series",
          "series"
        ],
        [
          "mark",
          "mark"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dial"
        },
        {
          "word": "horologe"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "archaic"
          ],
          "word": "horologium"
        }
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "af",
          "lang": "Afrikaans",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "sonwyzer"
        },
        {
          "code": "sq",
          "lang": "Albanian",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "orë diellore"
        },
        {
          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "mizwala",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "مِزْوَلَة"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "arewi žamacʻuycʻ",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "արեւի ժամացույց"
        },
        {
          "code": "ast",
          "lang": "Asturian",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "reló de Sol"
        },
        {
          "code": "az",
          "lang": "Azerbaijani",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "günəş saatı"
        },
        {
          "code": "eu",
          "lang": "Basque",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "eguzki erloju"
        },
        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "sónječnyja hadzíny",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "со́нечныя гадзі́ны"
        },
        {
          "code": "bn",
          "lang": "Bengali",
          "roman": "śurjoghoṛi",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "সূর্যঘড়ি"
        },
        {
          "code": "br",
          "lang": "Breton",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "horolaj-heol"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "slǎ́nčev časóvnik",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "слъ́нчев часо́вник"
        },
        {
          "code": "my",
          "lang": "Burmese",
          "roman": "ne nari",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "နေ နာရီ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rellotge de sol"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "rìguǐ",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "日晷"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "日規"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "rìguī",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "日规"
        },
        {
          "code": "co",
          "lang": "Corsican",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "meridiana"
        },
        {
          "code": "co",
          "lang": "Corsican",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "miridiana"
        },
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "sluneční hodiny"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "solur"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "zonnewijzer"
        },
        {
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "sunhorloĝo"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "päikesekell"
        },
        {
          "code": "fo",
          "lang": "Faroese",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sólur"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "aurinkokello"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "cadran solaire"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "reloxo de sol"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "mzis saati",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "მზის საათი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Sonnenuhr"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "iliakó rolói",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ηλιακό ρολόι"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "sh'ón shémesh",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "שעון שמש"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "saur-ghaṛī",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "सौर-घड़ी"
        },
        {
          "code": "hi",
          "lang": "Hindi",
          "roman": "dhūpghaṛī",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "धूपघड़ी"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "napóra"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sólúr"
        },
        {
          "code": "io",
          "lang": "Ido",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "sunohorlojo"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "jam matahari"
        },
        {
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "clog gréine"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "meridiana"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "orologio solare"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "gnomone"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "eliotropio"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ひどけい, 日時計, hidokei",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "日時計"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "kün sağattary",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "күн сағаттары"
        },
        {
          "code": "km",
          "lang": "Khmer",
          "roman": "niele’kaa preah aatɨt",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "នាឡិកាព្រះអាទិត្យ"
        },
        {
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "haesigye",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "해시계"
        },
        {
          "code": "lo",
          "lang": "Lao",
          "roman": "nā li kā dǣt",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "ນາລິກາແດດ"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sōlārium hōrologium"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "sōlārium"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "saules pulkstenis"
        },
        {
          "code": "lij",
          "lang": "Ligurian",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "relêuio a sô"
        },
        {
          "code": "lt",
          "lang": "Lithuanian",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "saulės laikrodis"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "sončev časovnik",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сончев часовник"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "jam matahari"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "sūryaghaṭikāraṁ",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "സൂര്യഘടികാരം"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "karaka ātārangi"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "solur"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "solur"
        },
        {
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "mòstra de solelh"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sōlmerca"
        },
        {
          "code": "ang",
          "lang": "Old English",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "dæġmǣl"
        },
        {
          "code": "ota",
          "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
          "roman": "güneş saʾati",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "گونش ساعتی"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "sâ'at-e âftâbi",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "ساعت آفتابی"
        },
        {
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Sonnenklock"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "zegar słoneczny"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "relógio de sol"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "relógio do sol"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "relógio solar"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "solário"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "ceas solar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "cadran solar"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sólnečnyje časý",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "со́лнечные часы́"
        },
        {
          "code": "gd",
          "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "uaireadair-grèine"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сунчаник"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "Croatia",
            "Cyrillic",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сунчани сат"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "Bosnia",
            "Cyrillic",
            "Serbia",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "сунчани часовник"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sunčanik"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "Croatia",
            "Roman",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sunčani sat"
        },
        {
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "Bosnia",
            "Roman",
            "Serbia",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "sunčani časovnik"
        },
        {
          "code": "scn",
          "lang": "Sicilian",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "miridiana"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "slnečné hodiny"
        },
        {
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "sónčna úra"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "reloj solar"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "reloj de sol"
        },
        {
          "code": "sw",
          "lang": "Swahili",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "bonyeza"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "solur"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "oras-araw"
        },
        {
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "kuwadrante"
        },
        {
          "code": "ta",
          "lang": "Tamil",
          "roman": "cūriya maṇikāṭṭi",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "சூரிய மணிகாட்டி"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "nīḍagaḍiyāramu",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "నీడగడియారము"
        },
        {
          "code": "te",
          "lang": "Telugu",
          "roman": "sūryaghaṇṭa",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "సూర్యఘంట"
        },
        {
          "code": "th",
          "lang": "Thai",
          "roman": "naa-lí-gaa-dɛ̀ɛt",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "นาฬิกาแดด"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "güneş saati"
        },
        {
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "sónjačnyj hodýnnyk",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "со́нячний годи́нник"
        },
        {
          "code": "vi",
          "lang": "Vietnamese",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "đồng hồ mặt trời"
        },
        {
          "code": "vo",
          "lang": "Volapük",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "solaglok"
        },
        {
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          "lang": "Walloon",
          "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
          "word": "cwadran solaire"
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          "text": "The birdbath includes a small gnomon that acts as a sundial with markings on the basin if it's aligned correctly with the sun.",
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          "ref": "1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:",
          "text": "Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there.\n\"I never understood it,\" she observed, lightly scornful. \"What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics.\"",
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          "ref": "1985 April 4, Daryln Brewer, “HELPFUL HARDWARE; AN ARRAY OF SUNDIALS”, in The New York Times:",
          "text": "The shop carries more than a dozen sundials, mostly of bronze, plus an astrolabe ($650) of wrought iron.",
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          "ref": "1988, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 3, in The Swimming-Pool Library, paperback edition, London: Penguin Books, →ISBN, page 60:",
          "text": "It was Oxford now—the matriculation photograph, posed in the stony front quad at Corpus, the pelican on top of the sundial appearing to sit on the head of the lanky, begowned chemist at the centre of the back row.",
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      "word": "horologe"
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    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "sonwyzer"
    },
    {
      "code": "sq",
      "lang": "Albanian",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "orë diellore"
    },
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      "code": "ar",
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      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "مِزْوَلَة"
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      "code": "hy",
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      "roman": "arewi žamacʻuycʻ",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "արեւի ժամացույց"
    },
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      "code": "ast",
      "lang": "Asturian",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reló de Sol"
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      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "günəş saatı"
    },
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      "code": "eu",
      "lang": "Basque",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "eguzki erloju"
    },
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      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "sónječnyja hadzíny",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "со́нечныя гадзі́ны"
    },
    {
      "code": "bn",
      "lang": "Bengali",
      "roman": "śurjoghoṛi",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "সূর্যঘড়ি"
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      "code": "br",
      "lang": "Breton",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "horolaj-heol"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "slǎ́nčev časóvnik",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "слъ́нчев часо́вник"
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      "code": "my",
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      "roman": "ne nari",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "နေ နာရီ"
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      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "rellotge de sol"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "rìguǐ",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "日晷"
    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "日規"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "rìguī",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "日规"
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      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "meridiana"
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    {
      "code": "co",
      "lang": "Corsican",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "miridiana"
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      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
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        "plural"
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      "word": "sluneční hodiny"
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      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "solur"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zonnewijzer"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "sunhorloĝo"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "päikesekell"
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      "code": "fo",
      "lang": "Faroese",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sólur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "aurinkokello"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cadran solaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reloxo de sol"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "mzis saati",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "მზის საათი"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sonnenuhr"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "iliakó rolói",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ηλιακό ρολόι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "sh'ón shémesh",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "שעון שמש"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "saur-ghaṛī",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "सौर-घड़ी"
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    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "dhūpghaṛī",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "धूपघड़ी"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "napóra"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "sólúr"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "sunohorlojo"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "jam matahari"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "clog gréine"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "meridiana"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "orologio solare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gnomone"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "eliotropio"
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    {
      "alt": "ひどけい, 日時計, hidokei",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "日時計"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "kün sağattary",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "күн сағаттары"
    },
    {
      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "niele’kaa preah aatɨt",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "នាឡិកាព្រះអាទិត្យ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "haesigye",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "해시계"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "nā li kā dǣt",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "ນາລິກາແດດ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "sōlārium hōrologium"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sōlārium"
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    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "saules pulkstenis"
    },
    {
      "code": "lij",
      "lang": "Ligurian",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "relêuio a sô"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "saulės laikrodis"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sončev časovnik",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сончев часовник"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "jam matahari"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "sūryaghaṭikāraṁ",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "സൂര്യഘടികാരം"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "karaka ātārangi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "solur"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "solur"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mòstra de solelh"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sōlmerca"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "dæġmǣl"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "roman": "güneş saʾati",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "گونش ساعتی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "sâ'at-e âftâbi",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "ساعت آفتابی"
    },
    {
      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Sonnenklock"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "zegar słoneczny"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "relógio de sol"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "relógio do sol"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "relógio solar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "solário"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "ceas solar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "cadran solar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sólnečnyje časý",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "со́лнечные часы́"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "uaireadair-grèine"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сунчаник"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "Croatia",
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сунчани сат"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "Bosnia",
        "Cyrillic",
        "Serbia",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "сунчани часовник"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sunčanik"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "Croatia",
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sunčani sat"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "Bosnia",
        "Roman",
        "Serbia",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "sunčani časovnik"
    },
    {
      "code": "scn",
      "lang": "Sicilian",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "miridiana"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "slnečné hodiny"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sónčna úra"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reloj solar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "reloj de sol"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "bonyeza"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "solur"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "oras-araw"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "kuwadrante"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "cūriya maṇikāṭṭi",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "சூரிய மணிகாட்டி"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "nīḍagaḍiyāramu",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "నీడగడియారము"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "sūryaghaṇṭa",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "సూర్యఘంట"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "naa-lí-gaa-dɛ̀ɛt",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "นาฬิกาแดด"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "güneş saati"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sónjačnyj hodýnnyk",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "со́нячний годи́нник"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "đồng hồ mặt trời"
    },
    {
      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "solaglok"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "word": "cwadran solaire"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "deial haul"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sundial"
}

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