He's an old timer.
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Timer
//ˈtaɪmɚ//
Synonyms for "timer" (57 found)
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Closest matches (12)
Strong matches (17)
Related words (28)
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3 entriesrelated to
6 entriesused for
2 entriesTranslations
66 translations across 33 languages.
Arabic
1 entries- مُؤَقِّت m or مُوَقِّت noun (device)
Bulgarian
2 entries- таймер noun (electronic function)
- хронометрист noun (person)
Catalan
1 entries- temporitzador noun (device)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 定時器 /定时器 noun (device)
- 計時器 /计时器 noun (device)
Czech
2 entries- minutka noun (device)
- časovač noun (device)
Danish
2 entries- nedtællingsur noun (device)
- timer noun (device)
Dutch
2 entries- eierwekker noun (device)
- timer noun (device)
Estonian
1 entries- taimer noun (device)
Finnish
4 entries- ajanottaja noun (person)
- ajastin noun (device)
- ajastin noun (electronic function)
- kello noun (device)
French
2 entries- minuterie noun (electronic function)
- minuteur noun (device)
German
3 entries- Schaltuhr noun (device)
- Timer noun (electronic function)
- Zeitschaltuhr noun (device)
Greek
2 entries- χρονομέτρης noun (person)
- χρονομετρητής noun (device)
Hebrew
1 entries- טיימר noun (device)
Hungarian
4 entries- főzőóra noun (device)
- időjelző noun (device)
- időkapcsoló noun (device)
- időmérő noun (device)
Icelandic
2 entries- tímarofi noun (device)
- tímastillir noun (device)
Italian
4 entries- contaminuti noun (device)
- contaminuti noun (electronic function)
- temporizzatore noun (device)
- temporizzatore noun (electronic function)
Japanese
1 entries- タイマー noun (device)
Khmer
1 entries- កម្មវិធីកំណត់ម៉ោង noun (device)
Korean
1 entries- 타이머 noun (device)
Māori
1 entries- inewā noun (device)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- timer noun (device)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- timer noun (device)
Persian
2 entries- تایمر noun (device)
- زمانسنج noun (device)
Polish
1 entries- minutnik noun (device)
Portuguese
3 entries- temporizador noun (device)
- temporizador noun (electronic function)
- timer noun (device)
Romanian
4 entries- cronograf noun (device)
- cronometru noun (device)
- regulator de timp noun (device)
- releu de timp noun (device)
Russian
2 entries- реле́ вре́мени noun (device)
- та́ймер noun (device)
Serbo-Croatian
1 entries- odbrojavač vremena noun (device)
Spanish
2 entries- temporizador noun (device)
- temporizador noun (electronic function)
Swedish
1 entries- timer noun (device)
Tagalog
1 entries- pang-oras noun (device)
Thai
1 entries- เครื่องจับเวลา noun (device)
Volapük
1 entries- timimafian noun (device)
Sample sentences
12 total sentences available.
I only figured on staying with this company a little while when I started, but before I knew it I'd become an old timer here.
Source: tatoeba (241507)
The toaster-oven's timer rings. The fragrant smell of well toasted bread.
Source: tatoeba (326891)
The button battery in the PC's internal timer has gone flat.
Source: tatoeba (329695)
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