relojoeiro
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From relojo (“clock”) + -eiro (“-eer”), from Latin hōrologium (“sundial”), from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion).
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.lo.ʒoˈe(j).ɾu/ [he.lo.ʒoˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁe.lo.ʒoˈe(j).ɾu/ [χe.lo.ʒoˈe(ɪ̯).ɾu]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁe.lo.ʒoˈe(j).ɾo/ [he.lo.ʒoˈe(ɪ̯).ɾo]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.luˈʒwɐj.ɾu/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.luˈʒwej.ɾu/
- (Central Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.luˈʒwej.ɾu/
- (Southern Portugal) IPA(key): /ʁɨ.luˈʒwe.ɾu/
- Hyphenation: re‧lo‧jo‧ei‧ro
Noun
relojoeiro m (plural relojoeiros, feminine relojoeira, feminine plural relojoeiras)
- clockmaker; watchmaker (person who makes and repairs clocks and watches)
Adjective
relojoeiro (feminine relojoeira, masculine plural relojoeiros, feminine plural relojoeiras, not comparable)
- (relational) clock
- Synonym: horologial
- (relational) clockmaking
- Synonym: horológico
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