Meaning of cuckoo clock | Babel Free
Definitions
A clock that announces the time (hours and quarter hours) by a cuckoo sound, often equipped with a small cuckoo automaton.
Equivalents
Deutsch
Kuckucksuhr
Ελληνικά
ρολόι κούκου
Italiano
orologio a cucù
日本語
鳩時計
한국어
뻐꾸기시계
Nederlands
koekoeksklok
Polski
zegar z kukułką
Português
relógio cuco
Română
ceas cu cuc
Русский
часы 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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