chronos

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noun

A steady, quantifiable beat or rhythm; measured or objective time.

OriginAncient Greek Χρόνος →
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Meanings

chronos1

noun
  1. entertainmentA steady, quantifiable beat or rhythm; measured or objective time.

    Hazağ ∪−−⊥: This foot has the first chronos (time-unit), a half syllable followed by three syllables, the last being prolonged.

    1929, Abraham Zevi Idelsohn, Jewish Music: Its Historical Development

Chronos2

proper noun

alternative Chronus · alternative Khronos

  1. Greekhuman sciencesThe personification of time.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekχρόνος“time”
  2. Ancient GreekΧρόνος
  3. EnglishChronos

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek Χρόνος (Khrónos), from Ancient Greek χρόνος (khrónos, “time”)

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Translations

Ancient Greek Χρόνος
  • Χρόνος (Khrónos)personification of time
Chinese Mandarin 柯羅諾斯 /柯罗诺斯
  • 柯羅諾斯 /柯罗诺斯 (Kēluónuòsī)personification of time
Danish Chronos
  • Chronospersonification of time
Esperanto Ĥrono
  • Ĥronopersonification of time
French Chronos
  • Chronospersonification of time
German Chronos
  • Chronospersonification of time
Greek Χρόνος
  • Χρόνος (Chrónos)personification of time
Hungarian Kronosz, Idő
  • Kronoszpersonification of time
  • Időpersonification of time
Irish Cronas
  • Cronaspersonification of time
Italian Crono
  • Cronopersonification of time
Korean 크로노스
  • 크로노스 (Keuronoseu)personification of time
Polish Chronos
  • Chronospersonification of time
Portuguese Cronos, Crono
  • Cronospersonification of time
  • Cronopersonification of time
Russian Хро́нос
  • Хро́нос (Xrónos)personification of time
Swedish Kronos
  • Kronospersonification of time
Turkish Kronos
  • Kronospersonification of time

Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

chronos. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chronos

MLA

“chronos.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chronos. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “chronos,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/chronos.

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