relógio

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • relojo (obsolete, nonstandard or eye-dialect)

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish reloj, from Old Catalan relotge, from the older orollotge, from Latin hōrologium (“sundial”), from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion). Doublet of horológio, a borrowing.

Compare Galician reloxo, Mirandese reloijo, Asturian and Leonese reló, Spanish reloj, Aragonese reloch, Catalan rellotge and Occitan relòtge.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈlɔ.ʒi.u/ [heˈlɔ.ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ʁeˈlɔ.ʒju/ [heˈlɔ.ʒju]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ʁeˈlɔ.ʒi.u/ [χeˈlɔ.ʒɪ.u], (faster pronunciation) /ʁeˈlɔ.ʒju/ [χeˈlɔ.ʒju]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ʁeˈlɔ.ʒi.o/ [heˈlɔ.ʒɪ.o], (faster pronunciation) /ʁeˈlɔ.ʒjo/ [heˈlɔ.ʒjo]

  • Hyphenation: re‧ló‧gi‧o

Noun

relógio m (plural relógios)

  1. clock (instrument to measure or keep track of time)
  2. watch

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Descendants

  • → Tetum: relójiu
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