English

Etymology

Shortened form of "of the clock", that is, "according to the clock".

Phrase

o'clock

1. After a numeral, designates the time when the minute hand of a clock or watch points to twelve (as opposed to a certain number of minutes before or after that time) and the hour hand points to the specified numeral.
2. After a numeral, designates the relative heading, from a given point and heading, to another point, as if the given point is at the centre of a clock and the numeral twelve is aligned with the given heading.

Translations

The translations below are of one o'clock

• Dutch: (om) één
• Esperanto: la unua
• Finnish: tasan yksi (1), tasan kello yksi (1), yksi reikä reikä (1, colloquial)
• French: une heure
• German: um ein Uhr
• Italian: l'una
• Spanish: la una
• Turkish: saat bir