Meanings
nounwristwatch (plural wristwatches)
plural wristwatches · alternative wrist watch · alternative wrist-watch
Synonyms & antonyms
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Afrikaans polshorlosie
- polshorlosiewatch worn on the wrist
Basque eskumuturreko erloju, montra
- eskumuturreko erlojuwatch worn on the wrist
- montrawatch worn on the wrist
Bulgarian ръчен часовник
- ръчен часовник (răčen časovnik)watch worn on the wrist
Catalan rellotge de polsera
- rellotge de polserawatch worn on the wrist
Chinese Cantonese 手錶 /手表
- 手錶 /手表watch worn on the wrist
Chinese Mandarin 手錶 /手表
- 手錶 /手表 (shǒubiǎo)watch worn on the wrist
Czech náramkové hodinky
- náramkové hodinkywatch worn on the wrist
Danish armbåndsur
- armbåndsurwatch worn on the wrist
Dutch polshorloge, horloge
- polshorlogewatch worn on the wrist
- horlogewatch worn on the wrist
- uurwerkwatch worn on the wrist
Esperanto brakhorloĝo
- brakhorloĝowatch worn on the wrist
Estonian käekell
- käekellwatch worn on the wrist
Finnish rannekello
- rannekellowatch worn on the wrist
French montre, bracelet-montre
- montrewatch worn on the wrist
- bracelet-montrewatch worn on the wrist
German Armbanduhr
- Armbanduhrwatch worn on the wrist
Greek ρολόι χειρός
- ρολόι χειρός (rolói cheirós)watch worn on the wrist
Hebrew שְׁעוֹן יָד
- שְׁעוֹן יָד (sh'on yad)watch worn on the wrist
Hungarian karóra
- karórawatch worn on the wrist
Icelandic armbandsúr, úr
- armbandsúrwatch worn on the wrist
- úrwatch worn on the wrist
Indonesian jam tangan
- jam tanganwatch worn on the wrist
Irish uaireadóir rosta, uaireadóir
- uaireadóir rostawatch worn on the wrist
- uaireadóirwatch worn on the wrist
Italian orologio da polso
- orologio da polsowatch worn on the wrist
Japanese 腕時計
- 腕時計 (udedokei)watch worn on the wrist
Korean 손목시계, 팔목시계
- 손목시계 (sonmoksigye)watch worn on the wrist
- 팔목시계 (palmoksigye)watch worn on the wrist
- 팔뚝시계 (palttuksigye)watch worn on the wrist
- 손시계 (sonsigye)watch worn on the wrist
Latin horologium armillare, horologium brachiale
- horologium armillarewatch worn on the wrist
- horologium brachialewatch worn on the wrist
Latvian rokas pulkstenis
- rokas pulksteniswatch worn on the wrist
Lithuanian rankinis laikrodis
- rankinis laikrodiswatch worn on the wrist
Malay jam tangan
- jam tanganwatch worn on the wrist
Norwegian Bokmål armbåndsur
- armbåndsurwatch worn on the wrist
Polish zegarek na rękę
- zegarek na rękęwatch worn on the wrist
Portuguese relógio de pulso, relógio-pulseira
- relógio de pulsowatch worn on the wrist
- relógio-pulseirawatch worn on the wrist
Punjabi ਹੱਥ ਘੜੀ
- ਹੱਥ ਘੜੀ (hattha ghaṛī)watch worn on the wrist
Romanian ceas de mână
- ceas de mânăwatch worn on the wrist
Russian часы́, нару́чные часы́
- часы́ (časý)watch worn on the wrist
- нару́чные часы́ (narúčnyje časý)watch worn on the wrist
Scottish Gaelic uaireadair-dùirn, uaireadair-làimh
- uaireadair-dùirnwatch worn on the wrist
- uaireadair-làimhwatch worn on the wrist
Slovak náramkové hodinky
- náramkové hodinkywatch worn on the wrist
Spanish reloj de pulsera, reloj
- reloj de pulserawatch worn on the wrist
- relojwatch worn on the wrist
- extensiblewatch worn on the wrist
- pulsera de relojwatch worn on the wrist
- muñequerawatch worn on the wrist
- guashowatch worn on the wrist
- washowatch worn on the wrist
- reloj de muñecawatch worn on the wrist
- reloj tipo pulserawatch worn on the wrist
- pulsera tipo relojwatch worn on the wrist
Swahili saa ya mkono
- saa ya mkonowatch worn on the wrist
Swedish armbandsur
- armbandsurwatch worn on the wrist
Tagalog relo
- relowatch worn on the wrist
Tamil கைக்கடிகாரம்
- கைக்கடிகாரம் (kaikkaṭikāram)watch worn on the wrist
Thai นาฬิกาข้อมือ
- นาฬิกาข้อมือ (naa-lí-gaa-kɔ̂ɔ-mʉʉ)watch worn on the wrist
Turkish kol saati
- kol saatiwatch worn on the wrist
Ukrainian наручний годинник, годинник
- наручний годинник (naručnyj hodynnyk)watch worn on the wrist
- годинник (hodynnyk)watch worn on the wrist
Urdu ہاتھ گھڑی
- ہاتھ گھڑیwatch worn on the wrist
Vietnamese đồng hồ đeo tay
- đồng hồ đeo taywatch worn on the wrist
Welsh watsh
- watshwatch worn on the wrist
Cite this entry
APA
wristwatch. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wristwatch
MLA
“wristwatch.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wristwatch. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wristwatch,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wristwatch.
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