grandfather clock

Signification (Anglais)

A longcase clock.

Concepts

pendule à balancier

pendule

Synonymes

longcase clock

cuckoo clock

wall clock

tall-case clock

floor clown-to-ground openwork screen

floor clock

Traductions

Wanduhr

ρολόι με μεγάλο επιδαπέδιο

orologio a pendolo

hangklok

relógio de pêndulo

relógio do vovô

reloj de pared

reloj de pie

Étymologie (Anglais)

From an 1876 song, Grandfather's Clock, by American songwriter Henry Work, based on a clock in the George Hotel in Piercebridge, County Durham, England, which stopped keeping time after its owner died.