Countdown

//ˈkaʊntˌdaʊn//

Synonyms for "countdown"

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Translations

56 translations across 33 languages.

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Albanian

1 entries
  • numërim mbrapsht noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

Arabic

1 entries
  • عَدّ تَنَازُلِيّ noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • зваро́тны адлі́к noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • отброя́ване noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

Catalan

1 entries
  • compte enrere noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 倒數 /倒数 noun (a count backward to the time of some event)
  • 倒計時 /倒计时 noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

Czech

1 entries
  • odpočítávání noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

Dutch

3 entries
  • aftellen noun (a count backward to the time of some event)
  • aftelling noun (a count backward to the time of some event)
  • aftelling noun (the acts of preparation carried out during this period)

Finnish

2 entries
  • lista noun (a radio or television program counting down the top songs of a given week)
  • lähtölaskenta noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

French

4 entries
  • compte à rebours noun (a count backward to the time of some event)
  • décompte noun (a count backward to the time of some event)
  • hit-parade noun (a radio or television program counting down the top songs of a given week)
  • top 50 noun (a radio or television program counting down the top songs of a given week)

Georgian

2 entries
  • უკუათვლა noun (a count backward to the time of some event)
  • უკუმიმართულებით ათვლა noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

German

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  • Countdown noun (a count backward to the time of some event)
  • Countdown noun (a radio or television program counting down the top songs of a given week)
  • Zeitkontrolle noun (the acts of preparation carried out during this period)

Greek

2 entries
  • αντίστροφη μέτρηση noun (a count backward to the time of some event)
  • αντίστροφη μέτρηση noun (the acts of preparation carried out during this period)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • ספירה לאחור noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

Hungarian

2 entries
  • visszaszámlálás noun (a count backward to the time of some event)
  • visszaszámolás noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • hitung mundur noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

Italian

2 entries
  • conteggio alla rovescia noun (a count backward to the time of some event)
  • conto alla rovescia noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

Japanese

1 entries
  • カウントダウン noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

Korean

1 entries
  • 카운트다운 noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • одбројување noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

Malay

1 entries
  • bilang menurun noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • nedtelling noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • nedteljing noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

Occitan

1 entries
  • compte al revèrs noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

Polish

1 entries
  • odliczanie noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • contagem regressiva noun (a count backward to the time of some event)
  • contagem regressiva noun (the acts of preparation carried out during this period)
  • retrocontagem noun (the acts of preparation carried out during this period)

Romanian

4 entries
  • denumărare noun (a count backward to the time of some event)
  • numărare inversă noun (a count backward to the time of some event)
  • numărare regresivă noun (a count backward to the time of some event)
  • numărătoare inversă noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

Russian

4 entries
  • обра́тный отсчёт noun (a count backward to the time of some event)
  • обра́тный отсчёт noun (the acts of preparation carried out during this period)
  • обра́тный счёт noun (a count backward to the time of some event)
  • отсчёт noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

Slovene

1 entries
  • odštevanje noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

Spanish

2 entries
  • cuenta atrás noun (a count backward to the time of some event)
  • cuenta regresiva noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

Swedish

1 entries
  • nedräkning noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

Turkish

1 entries
  • geri sayım noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

Ukrainian

1 entries
  • зворо́тний ві́длік noun (a count backward to the time of some event)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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Take it seriously! The school festival won't wait for us. We're already in the final countdown.

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Stop the countdown.

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The countdown has started.

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Set the countdown and run like hell.

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