reloj

Inherited from Spanish reloj.

• IPA^(key): /reˈlo/, [reˈlo]
• Hyphenation: re‧loj

reloj

1. clock
2. watch

• reloj de pulso

• relojero

reloj

1. plural of relo

Via Dalmatian from Koine Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion).

• IPA^(key): /rěloːj/

rèlōj m (Cyrillic spelling рѐло̄ј)

1. (regional, Chakavian, Croatia) clock, watch (instrument used to measure or keep track of time)

   Synonym: sȃt

   • 1908, Zbornik za narodni život i običaje južnih slavena, page 210:

     Trevi ga jedan gospodin pa mu reče: „Ajde ti sa mnom!” I odoše u jednu krčmu. Izvadi taj gospodin reloj pa gleda […]

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   • 1921, Milan Begović, Dunja u kovčegu:

     Šta, gledaš moje ruke? Sve su pocrnjele — trijebili smo mlade orahe. Ali kad sazriju ti ćeš mi već napraviti grontulju! Danas sam ti opet bolestan — najeli smo se oskoruša. Daj mi forint — danas je Rožarica. Kupit ću harmoniku i reloj. I Krste ima reloj. A Jozo harmoniku.

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   • 1997, Zadarska smotra, volume 46 [= Domaća Rič 4], page 390:

     Zvono je ocarinjeno i tri puta na dan opominjalo da se izmoli Zdravomarija. Ono zvonjenje za podne bijaše kao seoski reloj, jer su domaćice hrlile da ne zakasnu s ručkom.

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Borrowed from Old Catalan relotge (1362) (Modern Catalan rellotge), from the older orollotge, from Latin hōrologium, from Ancient Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion).^[1] The current form of the word may partly be a back-formation of relojes, plural of obsolete reloje, which better conforms with the Catalan source and would explain the final j, which is rare in Spanish.^[2][3] Cognate with Old Galician-Portuguese relojo, Portuguese relógio, Greek ρολόι (rolói), French horloge, Italian orologio and Romanian orologiu.

• IPA^(key): /reˈlox/ [reˈlox]

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  • Rhymes: -ox
• IPA^(key): /reˈlo/ [reˈlo]
  • Rhymes: -o
• Syllabification: re‧loj

reloj m (plural relojes)

1. clock

   Synonym: (Isleño) pandil

2. watch, wristwatch

   Synonyms: reloj de pulsera, (colloquial) peluco

• Chavacano: reloj
• → Cebuano: relo
• → Ilocano: relo
• → Kapampangan: relu
• → Pangasinan: relo
• → Portuguese: relógio
• → Tagalog: relo

• reloj on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es
• “reloj”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28