cuckoo clock
Definitions
A clock that announces the time (hours and quarter hours) by a cuckoo sound, often equipped with a small cuckoo automaton.
Equivalents
11 more languages
Ελληνικάρολόι κούκου
Italianoorologio a cucù
日本語鳩時計
한국어뻐꾸기시계
Nederlandskoekoeksklok
Polskizegar z kukułką
Românăceas cu cuc
Русскийчасы с кукушкой
Examples
“In Italy, for thirty years under the Borgias, they had warfare, terror, murder⟳, bloodshed, but they produced Michelangelo, Leonardo da Vinci, and the Renaissance… In Switzerland, they had brotherly love⟳. They had five hundred years of democracy and peace, and what did that produce⟳?… The cuckoo clock. So long, Holly.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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