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horologe

UK/ˈhɒrəlɒd͡ʒ/US/ˈhɔɹəˌloʊd͡ʒ/

horologe noun: synonym of sundial or clock, a device or mechanism used to tell the hour of the day.

Noun

horologe (plural horologes)

  1. (archaic, historical) Synonym of sundial or clock, a device or mechanism used to tell the hour of the day.
    • He'll watch the horologe a double set, If drink rock not his cradle.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
    • A SOUL is not like wind (spiritus, or breath) contained within a capsule; the ALMIGHTY MAKER is not like a Clockmaker that once, in old immemorial ages, having made his Horologe of a Universe, sits ever since and sees it go! Not at all. Hence comes Atheism; come, as we say, many other isms […]1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. II, Gospel of Mammonism”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, book III (The Modern...
    Synonyms:
    sundial or clock

horologe meaning in Tamil and Urdu

horologe in Tamil

மணிப்பொறி

horologe in Urdu

گھڑی, ساعت

Synonyms of horologe

  • sundial or clock

Forms of horologe

pluralhorologes

Origin of horologe

From Middle English orloge, from Norman oriloge, from Old French orloge, from Latin hōrologium (“sundial”), from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion). Cognate with French horloge, Italian orologio, and Spanish reloj. Doublet of Horologium and horologium.

Words formed from horologe

Questions about horologe

What does horologe mean?
Horologe means synonym of sundial or clock, a device or mechanism used to tell the hour of the day.
What is horologe in Tamil?
Horologe in Tamil is மணிப்பொறி. See Horologe meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is horologe?
Horologe is a noun.
How do you pronounce horologe?
Horologe is pronounced /ˈhɔɹəˌloʊd͡ʒ/ (US).
What is the plural of horologe?
The plural of horologe is horologes.

Words near horologe in the dictionary

  1. horohalinicum
  2. horoi
  3. horokaka
  4. Horokhiv
  5. horol
  6. horologe
  7. horologer
  8. horologers
  9. horologes
  10. horologia
  11. horologic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: horologe (page history and authors); horologe (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); horologe (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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