There's a sundial in the garden.
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Sundial
//ˈsʌnˌdaɪ.əl//
Synonyms for "sundial" (6 found)
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13 entriesTranslations
97 translations across 77 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- sonwyzer noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Albanian
1 entries- orë diellore noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Arabic
1 entries- مِزْوَلَة noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Armenian
1 entries- արեւի ժամացույց noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Asturian
1 entries- reló de Sol noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- günəş saatı noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Basque
1 entries- eguzki erloju noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Belarusian
1 entries- со́нечныя гадзі́ны noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Bengali
1 entries- সূর্যঘড়ি noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Breton
1 entries- horolaj-heol noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Bulgarian
1 entries- слъ́нчев часо́вник noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Burmese
1 entries- နေ နာရီ noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Catalan
1 entries- rellotge de sol noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 日晷 noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
- 日規 /日规 noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Corsican
2 entries- meridiana noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
- miridiana noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Czech
1 entries- sluneční hodiny noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Danish
1 entries- solur noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Dutch
1 entries- zonnewijzer noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Esperanto
1 entries- sunhorloĝo noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Estonian
1 entries- päikesekell noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Faroese
1 entries- sólur noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Finnish
1 entries- aurinkokello noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
French
1 entries- cadran solaire noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Galician
1 entries- reloxo de sol noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Georgian
1 entries- მზის საათი noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
German
1 entries- Sonnenuhr noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Greek
1 entries- ηλιακό ρολόι noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Hebrew
1 entries- שעון שמש noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Hindi
2 entries- धूपघड़ी noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
- सौर-घड़ी noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Hungarian
1 entries- napóra noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Icelandic
1 entries- sólúr noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Ido
1 entries- sunohorlojo noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Indonesian
1 entries- jam matahari noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Irish
1 entries- clog gréine noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Italian
4 entries- eliotropio noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
- gnomone noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
- meridiana noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
- orologio solare noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Japanese
1 entries- 日時計 noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Kazakh
1 entries- күн сағаттары noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Khmer
1 entries- នាឡិកាព្រះអាទិត្យ noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Korean
1 entries- 해시계 noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Lao
1 entries- ນາລິກາແດດ noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Latin
2 entries- sōlārium noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
- sōlārium hōrologium noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Latvian
1 entries- saules pulkstenis noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Ligurian
1 entries- relêuio a sô noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Lithuanian
1 entries- saulės laikrodis noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Macedonian
1 entries- сончев часовник noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Malay
1 entries- jam matahari noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Malayalam
1 entries- സൂര്യഘടികാരം noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Māori
1 entries- karaka ātārangi noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- solur noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- solur noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Occitan
1 entries- mòstra de solelh noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Old English
2 entries- dæġmǣl noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
- sōlmerca noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- گونش ساعتی noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Persian
1 entries- ساعت آفتابی noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Sonnenklock noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Polish
1 entries- zegar słoneczny noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Portuguese
4 entries- relógio de sol noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
- relógio do sol noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
- relógio solar noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
- solário noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Romanian
2 entries- cadran solar noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
- ceas solar noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Russian
1 entries- со́лнечные часы́ noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- uaireadair-grèine noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- sunčani sat noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
- sunčani časovnik noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
- sunčanik noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
- сунчани сат noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Sicilian
1 entries- miridiana noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Slovak
1 entries- slnečné hodiny noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Slovene
1 entries- sónčna úra noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Spanish
2 entries- reloj de sol noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
- reloj solar noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Swahili
1 entries- bonyeza noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Swedish
1 entries- solur noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Tagalog
2 entries- kuwadrante noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
- oras-araw noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Tamil
1 entries- சூரிய மணிகாட்டி noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Telugu
2 entries- నీడగడియారము noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
- సూర్యఘంట noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Thai
1 entries- นาฬิกาแดด noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Turkish
1 entries- güneş saati noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Ukrainian
1 entries- со́нячний годи́нник noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đồng hồ mặt trời noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Volapük
1 entries- solaglok noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Walloon
1 entries- cwadran solaire noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Welsh
1 entries- deial haul noun (device noting the time of day by the position of a shadow)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
This is a sundial.
Source: tatoeba (10046774)
Tom wears a wrist sundial and calls it his "Apple Watch."
Source: tatoeba (10117971)
The birdbath includes a small gnomon that acts as a sundial with markings on the basin if it's aligned correctly with the sun.
Source: wiktionary
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.