Chronos

See also: chronos

English

a statue of Chronos

Alternative forms

• Chronus, Khronos

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Χρόνος (Khrónos).

Proper noun

Chronos

1. (Greek mythology) The personification of time.

Usage notes

• Not to be confused with Cronus or Kronos.

Related terms

• chronology

Translations

personification of time

• Armenian: Քրոնոս (hy) (Kʻronos)
• Cherokee: ᏠᏃᏏ (tlonosi)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 柯羅諾斯／柯罗诺斯 (Kēluónuòsī)

• Danish: Chronos
• Esperanto: Ĥrono
• French: Chronos (fr) m
• German: Chronos (de) m
• Greek: Χρόνος (el) m (Chrónos)

  Ancient Greek: Χρόνος m (Khrónos)

• Greenlandic: Chronosi
• Hungarian: Kronosz, Idő
• Inuktitut: ᒃᕉᓅᔅ (kroonoos)
• Irish: Cronas m
• Italian: Crono
• Korean: 크로노스 (ko) (Keuronoseu)
• Marathi: क्रोनोस m (kronos)
• Portuguese: Cronos (pt) m, Crono m
• Russian: Хро́нос m (Xrónos)
• Swedish: Kronos (sv)
• Turkish: Kronos

Further reading

• Chronos on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• Rochons, Schnoor, cohorns

Spanish

Alternative forms

• Crono

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Χρόνος (Khrónos).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɾonos/ [ˈkɾo.nos]
• Rhymes: -onos

Proper noun

Chronos m

1. (Greek mythology) Chronos, Chronus (personification)