hour

Betekenis

1. A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes).
2. A season, moment, or time.
3. The time.
4. Used after a two-digit hour and a two-digit minute to indicate time.
5. The amount of labor demanded by an employer in terms of time.
6. The set times of prayer, the canonical hours, the offices or services prescribed for these, or a book containing them.
7. A distance that can be traveled in one hour.

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈaʊə(ɹ)/

Etymologie

From Middle English houre, hour, oure, from Anglo-Norman houre, from Old French houre, (h)ore, from Latin hōra (“hour”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “any time or period, whether of the year, month, or day”), from Proto-Indo-European *yóh₁r̥ (“year, season”). Akin to Old English ġēar (“year”). Doublet of hora and year.
Partly displaced native Old English tīd (“time, hour”), whence Modern English tide.

Zinnen

The girls have been here nearly half an hour waiting .

De meisjes zijn hier bijna een half uur wachten.