What does horloge in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word horloge in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use horloge in French.

The word horloge in French means clock, astronomical clock, atomic clock, biological clock, Normandy clock, Normandy long-case clock, Normandy tall-case clock, speaking clock, time service, operator time. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word horloge

clock

nom féminin (objet affichant l'heure)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
A la banque, des horloges au mur indiquaient l'heure des grandes capitales mondiales.
At the bank, clocks on the wall indicated the time in the world's major capital cities.

astronomical clock

nom féminin (horloge avec informations astrales)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

atomic clock

nom féminin (horloge à précision atomique)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

biological clock

nom féminin (horloge interne, chronobiologie)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'horloge biologique génère un certain nombre de réactions biologiques régulées par cycles.

Normandy clock, Normandy long-case clock, Normandy tall-case clock

nom féminin (horloge à balancier) (timepiece)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
L'horloge normande est une horloge à poids et à balancier enfermée dans une caisse et fabriquée en Normandie.

speaking clock, time service, operator time

nom féminin (dispositif annonçant l'heure)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
La première horloge parlante parisienne, répondant à un appel téléphonique, a été inventée en 1933.

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