water clock

See also: waterclock

English

Alternative forms

• waterclock

Noun

water clock (plural water clocks)

1. (chiefly historical) A device for measuring time using water, typically by measuring water flowing in or out of a basin of known size at a known rate.

Synonyms

• clepsydra (chiefly historical)

Hypernyms

• See clock and chronometer

Translations

device for measuring time

• Arabic: سَاعَةٌ مَائِيَّة f (sāʕatun māʔiyya)
• Armenian: ջրի ժամացույց (ǰri žamacʿuycʿ)
• Azerbaijani: su saatı
• Belarusian: вадзяны́ гадзі́ннік m (vadzjaný hadzínnik)
• Bulgarian: во́ден часо́вник m (vóden časóvnik)
• Catalan: clepsidra f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 滴漏 (zh) (dīlòu), 金壺／金壶 (jīnhú), 刻漏 (zh) (kèlòu), 漏壺／漏壶 (zh) (lòuhú), 漏刻 (zh) (lòukè), 水漏 (zh) (shuǐlòu), 銅壺／铜壶 (zh) (tónghú), 懸泉／悬泉 (zh) (xuánquán), 水鐘／水钟 (shuǐzhōng)

• Czech: vodní hodiny f pl
• Dutch: wateruuwerk n
• Esperanto: akvohorloĝo
• Estonian: veekell
• Finnish: vesikello (fi), klepsydra (fi)
• French: clepsydre (fr) f
• German: Wasseruhr (de) f
• Greek: κλεψύδρα (el) f (klepsýdra)

  Ancient: κλεψύδρα f (klepsúdra)

• Hebrew: שְׁעוֹן מַיִם (he) m (she'ón máyim)
• Hungarian: vízóra (hu)
• Italian: clessidra (it) f
• Japanese: 水時計 (ja) (みずどけい, mizudokei)
• Korean: 물시계 (ko) (mulsigye)
• Lao: ນາລິການ້ຳ (nā li kā nam)
• Latin: clepsydra f
• Lithuanian: vandens laikodris m
• Macedonian: клепси́дра f (klepsídra), воден часовник m (voden časovnik)
• Malay: jam air
• Persian: ساعت آبی (sâ'at-e âbi), پنگان (fa) (pangân)
• Polish: zegar wodny m
• Portuguese: clepsidra (pt) f
• Russian: водяны́е часы́ m pl (vodjanýje časý), клепси́дра (ru) f (klepsídra)
• Slovene: vodna ura f, klepsydra f
• Spanish: reloj de agua m
• Swedish: vattenur n
• Thai: นาฬิกาน้ำ (naa-lí-gaa-náam)
• Turkish: su saati (tr)
• Ukrainian: водяни́й годи́нник m (vodjanýj hodýnnyk), клепси́дра (uk) f (klepsýdra)
• Vietnamese: đồng hồ nước