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noun (a person who makes and repairs watches, clocks etc.) horloger/-ère -
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[wo ] 1. noun1) (a small instrument for telling the time by, worn on the wrist or carried in the pocket of a waistcoat etc: He wears a gold watch; a wrist-watch.) montre2) (a period of standing guard during the night: I'll take the watch from two o'clock till six.) garde3) (in the navy etc, a group of officers and men who are on duty at a given time: The night watch come(s) on duty soon.) quart2. verb1) (to look at (someone or something): He was watching her carefully; He is watching television.) regarder2) (to keep a lookout (for): They've gone to watch for the ship coming in; Could you watch for the postman?) guetter3) (to be careful of (someone or something): Watch (that) you don't fall off!; Watch him! He's dangerous.) faire attention (de/à)4) (to guard or take care of: Watch the prisoner and make sure he doesn't escape; Please watch the baby while I go shopping.) surveiller5) (to wait for (a chance, opportunity etc): Watch your chance, and then run.) attendre•- watcher- watchful - watchfully - watchfulness - watchdog - watchmaker - watchman - watchtower - watchword - keep watch - watch one's step - watch out - watch over -
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A n1 ( manufacturer) (of clothes, wine, food, appliance, tyres) fabricant m ; (of cars, aircraft) constructeur m ; the maker's label la marque du fabricant ; ⇒ dressmaker, watchmaker etc ;2 ( device) ⇒ coffee maker etc.to (go to) meet one's Maker rendre l'âme.
См. также в других словарях:
Watchmaker — Watch mak er, n. One whose occupation is to make and repair watches. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
watchmaker — 1620s, from WATCH (Cf. watch) (n.) + MAKER (Cf. maker) … Etymology dictionary
watchmaker — [wächmā΄kər, wôchmāk΄ər] n. a person who makes or repairs watches watchmaking n … English World dictionary
Watchmaker — A watchmaker is an artisan who makes and repairs watches. A modern watchmaker is more likely to repair a wristwatch or a pocketwatch than to actually create a watch from scratch. A skilled watchmaker can typically manufacture many of the parts… … Wikipedia
watchmaker — UK [ˈwɒtʃˌmeɪkə(r)] / US [ˈwɑtʃˌmeɪkər] noun [countable] Word forms watchmaker : singular watchmaker plural watchmakers someone whose job is to make or repair watches … English dictionary
watchmaker's — noun The shop or workshop of a watchmaker … Wiktionary
Watchmaker analogy — Part of a series of articles on Intelligent design … Wikipedia
watchmaker — noun Date: 1630 one that makes or repairs watches or clocks • watchmaking noun … New Collegiate Dictionary
watchmaker — watchmaking, n. /woch may keuhr/, n. a person whose occupation it is to make and repair watches. [1620 30; WATCH + MAKER] * * * … Universalium
watchmaker — noun /ˈwɔtʃˌmeɪkə/ A person who repairs (and originally made) watches … Wiktionary
watchmaker — watch|mak|er [ˈwɔtʃˌmeıkə US ˈwa:tʃˌmeıkər, ˈwo:tʃ ] n someone whose job is making and repairing clocks and watches … Dictionary of contemporary English
