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klok.

clock

4 characters1 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

noun/klɔk/
  1. clock

    feminine
  2. watch, wristwatch

    Netherlands · feminine · informal
  3. bell

    feminine
  4. protective cloche

    feminine
  5. something bell-shaped, as some flowers

    diminutive · feminine · often
Where this word comes from

From early modern klokke, from Middle Dutch clocke, from Old Dutch *clocca, from Proto-West Germanic *klokkā, from Medieval Latin clocca, from Old Irish cloc, from Proto-Celtic *klokkos (“bell”), ultimately of onomatopoeic origin. In Early Modern Dutch, too, klokke still referred primarily to a bell, which is the word's original meaning and from which sense the word klokkentoren (“bell tower”) for example derives; the sense clock is a relatively recent development.

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