sundial

English

Etymology

sun +‎ dial

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈsʌnˌdaɪ.əl/
Audio (UK) (file)

Noun

sundial (plural sundials)

A device measuring the time of day by the position of a shadow cast by a pole or plate (gnomon) upon an engraved series of marks.
pocket sundial
- 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter VIII, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, OCLC 24962326:
  Elbows almost touching they leaned at ease, idly reading the almost obliterated lines engraved there.
  "I never understood it," she observed, lightly scornful. "What occult meaning has a sun-dial for the spooney? I'm sure I don't want to read riddles in a strange gentleman's optics."

Hyponyms

(on churches): mass dial, tide dial, scratch dial

Translations

device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow

Afrikaans: sonwyzer
Albanian: orë diellore
Arabic: مِزْوَلَة‎ (mizwala)
Aragonese: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: արեւի ժամացույց (arewi žamacʿuycʿ)
Assamese: please add this translation if you can
Asturian: reló de Sol m
Azerbaijani: günəş saatı
Basque: eguzki erloju
Belarusian: со́нечныя гадзі́ны f pl (sónječnyja hadzíny)
Bengali: সূর্যঘড়ি (sūrĵôghôṛi)
Breton: horolaj-heol m
Bulgarian: слъ́нчев часо́вник m (slǎ́nčev časóvnik)
Burmese: နေ နာရီ c (ne nari)
Catalan: rellotge de sol m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 日晷 (zh) (rìguǐ), 日規／日规 (zh) (rìguī)
Corsican: meridiana f, miridiana f
Czech: sluneční hodiny (cs) f pl
Danish: solur (da) n
Dutch: zonnewijzer (nl) m
Emilian: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: sunhorloĝo
Estonian: päikesekell
Extremaduran: please add this translation if you can
Faroese: sólur n
Finnish: aurinkokello (fi)
French: cadran solaire (fr) m
Galician: reloxo de sol (gl) m
Georgian: მზის საათი (mzis saati)
German: Sonnenuhr (de) f
Greek: ηλιακό ρολόι (el) n (iliakó rolói)
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hebrew: שעון שמש‎ (he) m (sh'ón shémesh)
Hindi: सौर घड़ी f (saur ghaṛī)
Hungarian: napóra (hu)
Icelandic: sólúr n
Ido: sunohorlojo (io)
Indonesian: jam matahari
Irish: clog gréine m
Italian: meridiana (it) f, orologio solare, gnomone (it) m, eliotropio (it) m
Japanese: 日時計 (ひどけい, 日時計, hidokei)
Kannada: please add this translation if you can
Kazakh: күн сағаттары (kün sağattary)
Khmer: នាឡិកាព្រះអាទិត្យ (niele’kaa preah aatɨt)
Korean: 해시계 (haesigye)
Lao: ນາລິກາແດດ (nā li kā dǣt)
Latin: sōlārium hōrologium n, sōlārium (la) n
Latvian: saules pulkstenis m
Leonese: please add this translation if you can
Ligurian: relêuio a sô m
Lithuanian: saulės laikrodis m
Lombard: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: сончев часовник m (sončev časovnik)
Malay: jam matahari
Malayalam: സൂര്യഘടികാരം (ml) (sūryaghaṭikāraṃ)
Maori: karaka ātārangi
Mirandese: please add this translation if you can
Neapolitan: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: solur n

Nynorsk: solur n
Occitan: please add this translation if you can
Old English: sōlmerca m, dæġmǣl
Oriya: please add this translation if you can
Persian: ساعت آفتابی‎ (fa) (sâ'at-e âftâbi)
Piedmontese: please add this translation if you can
Plautdietsch: Sonnenklock f
Polish: zegar słoneczny (pl) m
Portuguese: relógio de sol (pt) m, relógio do sol m, relógio solar (pt) m, solário (pt) m
Romagnol: please add this translation if you can
Romanian: ceas solar (ro) n, cadran solar (ro) n
Russian: со́лнечные часы́ (ru) m pl (sólnečnyje časý)
Scottish Gaelic: uaireadair-grèine m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: сунчаник m, сунчани сат m (Croatia), сунчани часовник m (Bosnia, Serbia)

Roman: sunčanik (sh) m, sunčani sat m (Croatia), sunčani časovnik m (Bosnia, Serbia)
Sicilian: miridiana f
Slovak: slnečné hodiny f pl
Slovene: sónčna úra (sl) f
Spanish: reloj solar m, reloj de sol m
Swahili: bonyeza (sw)
Swedish: solur n
Tagalog: oras-araw, kuwadrante
Tamil: சூரிய மணிகாட்டி (cūriya maṇikāṭṭi)
Telugu: నీడగడియారము (nīḍagaḍiyāramu), సూర్యఘంట (sūryaghaṇṭa)
Thai: นาฬิกาแดด (th) (naa-lí-gaa-dɛ̀ɛt)
Turkish: güneş saati (tr)
Ukrainian: со́нячний годи́нник m (sónjačnyj hodýnnyk)
Vietnamese: đồng hồ mặt trời
Volapük: solaglok
Walloon: cwadran solaire
Welsh: deial haul m
Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

Anagrams

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