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remontoir

/ɹɛmənˈtwɑː/

remontoir noun: a device in a clock which provides a regular impulse to the pendulum.

Noun

remontoir (plural remontoirs)

  1. A device in a clock which provides a regular impulse to the pendulum.

Forms of remontoir

pluralremontoirs

Origin of remontoir

Borrowed from French remontoir.

Questions about remontoir

What does remontoir mean?
Remontoir means a device in a clock which provides a regular impulse to the pendulum.
What part of speech is remontoir?
Remontoir is a noun.
How do you pronounce remontoir?
Remontoir is pronounced /ɹɛmənˈtwɑː/.
What is the plural of remontoir?
The plural of remontoir is remontoirs.

Words near remontoir in the dictionary

  1. remonstrator
  2. remonstrators
  3. remonstratory
  4. remontant
  5. remontants
  6. remontoir
  7. remontoirs
  8. remonument
  9. remonumentation
  10. remonumentations
  11. remoor

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