English Explanatory Dictionary

o'clock

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adv
  1. In conjunction with a numeral, indicates the time within a twelve-hour period (midnight to noon or noon to midnight), specifically the time when the hour hand of a clock points precisely to the symbol or marking corresponding to the designated numeral, i.e., at the hour.
  2. Used to indicate that it is time to do a specific action, or time for a specific action to occur.
  3. In conjunction with a numeral, indicates the direction, relative to the speaker or a vehicle, especially an aircraft, corresponding to the direction the hour hand is pointing at the time corresponding to the numeral, with twelve representing directly ahead on a horizontal plane, or directly up on a vertical plane, and three being to the right on either.

Pronunciation

/əˈklɒk/ /əʊˈklɒk/ /əˈklɑk/ /oʊˈklɑk/ En-us-o'clock.ogg

Word forms

o'clock a clock

Etymology

Shortened form of "of the clock", from Middle English of the clokke [from late 14th c.].

Related words

sharp

Derived words

11 o'clock number 5 o'clock traffic beer o'clock drinks o'clock eight o'clock eleven o'clock five o'clock five o'clock shadow four o'clock four-o'clock four-o'clock flower four o'clock flower it's five o'clock somewhere know what o'clock it is know what's o'clock like one o'clock like one o'clock half struck nine o'clock o'clockish one o'clock seven o'clock silly o'clock six o'clock six o'clock swill stupid o'clock sweet four o'clock ten o'clock three o'clock twelve o'clock two o'clock what o'clock is it wine o'clock

Translations

Afrikaans: eenuur Arabic: السَّاعَة الْوَاحِدَة Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܫܵܥܬ݂ܵܐ ܕܚܕ݂ܵܐ Belarusian: гадзі́на Belarusian: пе́ршая Bengali: একটা বাজে Bulgarian: еди́н часа́ Catalan: la una Catalan: la una en punt Chinese Cantonese: 一點鐘 /一点钟 Chinese Mandarin: 一點鐘 /一点钟 Ngazidja Comorian: saya fukare Ngazidja Comorian: saa fukare Danish: klokken et Dutch: één uur Esperanto: la unua Estonian: kell üks Finnish: kello yksi Finnish: yksi French: une heure Georgian: პირველი საათი German: ein Uhr Greek: μία η ώρα Hebrew: הַשָּׁעָה אַחַת Hindi: एक बजा Hungarian: egy óra Icelandic: klukkan eitt Ido: un kloko Indonesian: jam satu Indonesian: pukul satu Irish: a haon a chlog Italian: l'una Italian: l'una in punto Italian: l'una esatta Japanese: 一時 Khmer: ម៉ោងមួយ Korean: 한시 Lakota: mázaškaŋškaŋ Latin: prima hora Macedonian: еден часот Malay: pukul satu Malay: jam satu Maltese: is-siegħa bumm Marathi: एक वाजला Navajo: tʼááłáhádi azlį́į́ʼ Norwegian Bokmål: klokka Norwegian Bokmål: klokken ett Norwegian Nynorsk: klokka eitt Ojibwe: ingo-diba'iganed
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