horloge

A few lines by Arthur Rimbaud, to illustrate today's word, "horloge":

French Word-A-Day: 2004

A few lines by Arthur Rimbaud, to illustrate today's word, "horloge":

une horloge - French Word-A-Day 2004

A few lines by Arthur Rimbaud, to illustrate today's word, "horloge":

French Word-A-Day: 2004

A few lines by Arthur Rimbaud, to illustrate today's word, "horloge" :

une horloge - French Word-A-Day 2004

A few lines by Arthur Rimbaud, to illustrate today's word, "horloge" :

French Word-A-Day: 2004

So the citizens humbly besought him that they might "faire une auloge et la fere asseoir ou estoit le Beffroi de la dicte ville," and when King and Bailli had agreed, they craftily built a tower for their "horloge" just like the lost and beloved belfry on the old foundations, and you may read on the bronze plate upon the southern side how this was done when Guillaume de Bellengues was captain of the town, and Jehan la

The Story of Rouen Theodore Andrea Cook 1897

Both of these words derive from Latin horologium (cf French horloge) with German taking the first part only and Spanish taking the second, leaving the letter as the only common point between the two.

Surprising etymology 2005

Both of these words derive from Latin horologium (cf French horloge) with German taking the first part only and Spanish taking the second, leaving the letter as the only common point between the two.

Surprising etymology 2005

Expressions: heure d'horloge = solid, full hour réglé comme une horloge = regulated like a clock avec une régularité d'une horloge = regular as clockwork faire le tour du cadran = to sleep around the clock remonter une montre, une horloge = to wind up a watch, clock

French Word-A-Day: 2004

Expressions: heure d'horloge = solid, full hour réglé comme une horloge = regulated like a clock avec une régularité d'une horloge = regular as clockwork faire le tour du cadran = to sleep around the clock remonter une montre, une horloge = to wind up a watch, clock

une horloge - French Word-A-Day 2004