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]

• (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)

1. clock (instrument to measure or keep track of time)
2. watch

Synonyms

• horológio

Hyponyms

• ampulheta, clepsidra, cronógrafo, despertador, gnómon

Derived terms

• rádio-relógio
• relógio atómico
• relógio biológico
• relógio de pulso
• relógio de sol
• relógio de xadrez

Related terms

• horologia
• horológio
• relojoaria
• relojoeiro

Descendants

• → Tetum: relójiu