Pronunciation AHD: tīm IPA: /taɪm/ SAMPA: /taIm/ Homophones thyme Noun time (plural: times) Distance between the past and the present or between the present and future. Some physicists consider time the fourth physical dimension (three spatial, one temporal). The moment indicated by a clock or other time-measuring device (What time is it?, The time is ten o'clock). A particular occasion: See you another time, Last time I was here. Units Universal: century, decade, year, month, week, day, hour, minute, second Translations Arabic: عهد, عصر Bitruscan: timun Breton: amzer f (1), eur f (2), gwech f (3) Bulgarian: време, час Catalan: temps m Chinese: 时间/時間 Dutch: tijd m Ekspreso: tempo Esperanto: tempo Finnish: aika (1,2), kerta (3) French: temps m (1), heure f (2), fois f (3) Frisian: tiid German: Zeit f (1), Uhrzeit m (2), Mal n (3) Greek: (Chronos) Guaraní: ára Hebrew: זמן f Indonesian: waktu Interlingua: tempore Italian: tempo m Japanese: 時間 (じかん, jikan) (amount), 時 (とき, toki) (at) Korean: 시간 [時間] (sigan) (amount), 때 (ddae) (at) Latin: tempus (1) Norwegian: tid Polish: czas Portuguese: tempo m (1), hora f (2), vez f (3) Romanian: timp n, vreme f Russian: время, час Spanish: tiempo m (1), hora (2), vez f (3) Swedish: tid c (1, 2, 3), stund c (3) Tupinambá: 'ara Volapük: tim, tüp Verb to time (timed, timed) Measure time, especially using a clock of some kind. Translations Interlingua: chronometrar German: Zeit nehmen, stoppen colloqial Portuguese: cronometrar Related words timing, timed, timer time slot time-keeper behind the times time-and-motion in the nick of time See also once twice thrice
