ρολόι
See also: ρόλοι
Greek
FWOTD – 19 August 2022
Etymology
Inherited from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion), with aphesis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɾoˈlo.i/
- Hyphenation: ρο‧λό‧ι
Noun
ρολόι • (rolói) n (plural ρολόγια)
- clock, timepiece (instrument that measures or keeps track of time)
- Το ρολόι σταμάτησε να δουλεύει και χρειάζεται επισκευή.
- To rolói stamátise na doulévei kai chreiázetai episkeví.
- The clock stopped working and needs repair.
- 1968, “Το Παλιό Ρολόι [The Old Clock]”, in Manos Eleutheriou (lyrics), Manos Loïzos (music), Ο σταθμός [The Station], performed by Giannis Kalatzis:
- Το παλιό ρολόι του μικρού σταθμού,
στάθηκε στην ώρα του αποχωρισμού.- To palió rolói tou mikroú stathmoú,
státhike stin óra tou apochorismoú. - The old clock of the little station,
Stood still at the hour of our parting.
- To palió rolói tou mikroú stathmoú,
- 1974, Stavros Kouyioumtzis (lyrics and music), “Ήταν Πέντε, Ήταν Έξι [It Was Five, It Was Six]”, in Μικρές Πολιτείες [Small States], performed by George Dalaras:
- Έκλαψα για τη ζωή μου και για το γραφτό,
το ρολόι μου δείχνει οχτώ.- Éklapsa gia ti zoḯ mou kai gia to graftó,
to rolói mou deíchnei ochtó. - I wept for my life and for fate,
My clock is showing eight.
- Éklapsa gia ti zoḯ mou kai gia to graftó,
- (more specifically) watch, wristwatch (portable or wearable timepiece)
- Το λουρί του ρολογιού μου έχει σπάσει.
- To lourí tou rologioú mou échei spásei.
- The strap of my watch is broken.
- (more specifically) clock tower (tower with clock with several faces and/or bells)
- Το ρολόι στο Λονδίνο ονομάζεται «Μπιγκ Μπεν».
- To rolói sto Londíno onomázetai «Mpigk Ben».
- The clock tower in London is called 'Big Ben'.
- (figuratively) meter (device that measures things)
- το ρολόι του ηλεκτρικού ― to rolói tou ilektrikoú ― the electricity meter
- το ρολόι του νερού ― to rolói tou neroú ― the water meter
- (rarely) passion flower (genus Passiflora)
Declension
Synonyms
Derived terms
- ρολογάκι n (rologáki) (diminutive)
- ρολογάρα f (rologára) (augmentative)
- ρολογάς m (rologás, “watchmaker, clockmaker”)
- ρολογάδικο n (rologádiko, “watch shop”)
- ηλιακό ρολόι n (iliakó rolói, “sundial”)
Further reading
- ρολόι - Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής [Dictionary of Standard Modern Greek], 1998, by the "Triantafyllidis" Foundation.
- ρολόι on the Greek Wikipedia.Wikipedia el
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