Tick-tock
Translations of "tick-tock" (17 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Catalan | tic tac(sound of a ticking clock) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 滴答(sound of a ticking clock) | dīdā | |
| Dutch | tik-tak(sound of a ticking clock), tiktak(sound of a ticking clock) | — | |
| Esperanto | tiktako(sound of a ticking clock), tiktaki(to make clicking sounds) | — | |
| Finnish | tik tak(sound of a ticking clock), tik-tak(sound of a ticking clock) | — | |
| French | tic-tac(sound of a ticking clock), tictaquer(to make clicking sounds) | — | |
| German | ticktack(sound of a ticking clock), ticken(to make clicking sounds) | — | |
| Hebrew | תִִּקְתָּק(sound of a ticking clock), תיק תק(sound of a ticking clock) | tik-tak | |
| Hungarian | tik-tak(sound of a ticking clock) | — | |
| Italian | tic tac(sound of a ticking clock), tictac(sound of a ticking clock) | — | |
| Japanese | チクタク(sound of a ticking clock) | chiku-taku | |
| Māori | tatetate(sound of a ticking clock), tatetate(to make clicking sounds) | — | |
| Polish | tik-tak(sound of a ticking clock), tik-tok(sound of a ticking clock), tykać(to make clicking sounds), tyknąć(to make clicking sounds) | — | |
| Russian | тик-так(sound of a ticking clock), тикать(to make clicking sounds), тикают(to make clicking sounds) | tik-tak, tikatʹ, tikajut | |
| Spanish | tic tac(sound of a ticking clock), tic-tac(sound of a ticking clock), tictac(sound of a ticking clock), tictaquear(to make clicking sounds) | — | |
| Turkish | tik tak(sound of a ticking clock) | — | |
| Vietnamese | tích tắc(sound of a ticking clock) | — |
tic tac
tik-tak, tiktak
tiktako, tiktaki
tik tak, tik-tak
tic-tac, tictaquer
ticktack, ticken
tik-tak
tic tac, tictac
tatetate, tatetate
tik-tak, tik-tok, tykać, tyknąć
tic tac, tic-tac, tictac, tictaquear
tik tak
tích tắc
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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.