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kello

Pronunciation: /ˈkelːo/

“kello” is a Finnish word. Its 12 meanings in English:

noun

  1. watch (portable or wearable timepiece)
  2. timer (device that gives an alarm after a specified time)
  3. o'clock (when indicating time)
  4. time (when asking the time or telling exact time)
  5. clock (metaphor for regularity)
  6. o'clock (used to indicate direction in relation to the vessel's position so that 12 is straight ahead and 6 is straight behind)
  7. bell (object made of metal or other hard material, which resonates when struck)
  8. bell (signal at a school)
  9. bell (part of a brass instrument)
  10. bellflower (plant of the genus Campanula)
  11. flared skirt, bell skirt
  12. blister, bulla

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *kello (compare Karelian kello, Ludian kello, Veps kelo), borrowed from Proto-Germanic *skellǭ (“bell”) (compare German Schelle and Swedish skälla (“bell”)). The original sense is “bell”; the second sense “clock” developed from the fact that time was traditionally marked by church bells, not clocks with displays (the exact same development took place in Swedish klocka and…

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