remontoir

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/ɹɛmənˈtwɑː/

noun

A device in a clock which provides a regular impulse to the pendulum.

OriginFrench remontoir →
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Meanings

nounremontoir (plural remontoirs)

plural remontoirs

  1. A device in a clock which provides a regular impulse to the pendulum.

Origin

  1. Frenchremontoir
  2. Frenchremontoir
  3. Englishremontoir

Borrowed from French remontoir.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

interroommonitorer
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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