anticlockwise

See also: anti-clockwise

English

Etymology

anti- +‎ clockwise

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˌæntiˈklɒk.waɪz/
(US) enPR: ăn'tēkläkʹwīz, ăn'tīkläkʹwīz, IPA^(key): /ˌæntiˈklɑkwaɪz/, /ˌæntaɪˈklɑkwaɪz/
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Adjective

anticlockwise (not comparable)

(South Africa, AU, New Zealand, Britain, of movement) in a circular fashion so as to be moving to the left at the top of the circle and to the right at the bottom (when viewed from the front), in the opposite direction to the way the hands of an analogue clock move.

Synonyms

counterclockwise (US) / counter-clockwise (US), laevorotatory (chemistry, UK) / levorotatory (chemistry, US), positive (geometry)

Antonyms

clockwise

Translations

in the opposite direction to the hands of an analogue clock

Catalan: en el sentit antihorari
Chinese:
Mandarin: 反時針方向的, 反时针方向的 (făn shízhēn fāngxiàng de), 逆時針的, 逆时针的 (nì shízhēn de), 逆時針 (zh), 逆时针 (zh) (nì shízhēn)
Danish: mod uret
Dutch: tegen de klok in, in tegenwijzerzin
Esperanto: maldekstruma, livuma
Estonian: vastupäeva
Finnish: vastapäiväinen (fi)
French: dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d’une montre (fr), dans le sens antihoraire (fr)
German: im Gegenuhrzeigersinn, gegen den Uhrzeigersinn
Hungarian: az óramutató járásával ellenkező
Ido: inversa-horloja
Irish: tuathal

Italian: antiorario
Japanese: 反時計回り (hantokeimawari)
Portuguese: anti-horário (pt)
Romanian: în sens antiorar
Russian: про́тив часово́й стре́лки (prótiv časovój strélki)
Scottish Gaelic: tuathal
Spanish: sinistrorso
Swedish: motsols, moturs (sv)
Tagalog: balitaknaan
Turkish: saat yönünün tersinde
Welsh: gwrthglocwedd (cy)
Westrobothnian: annsönsj, annersöles

Adverb

anticlockwise (not comparable)

(Australia, New Zealand, Britain) In an anticlockwise fashion.

Synonyms

counterclockwise (US) / counter-clockwise (US), widdershins / withershins (particularly on a sundial)

Antonyms

clockwise

Translations

in the opposite direction to the hands of an analogue clock

Chinese:
Mandarin: 反時針方向的, 反时针方向的 (făn shízhēn fāngxiàng de), 逆時針的, 逆时针的 (nì shízhēn de)
Czech: proti směru hodinových ručiček
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} tegen de klok in , linksom (nl)
Esperanto: maldekstrume, livume
Estonian: vastupäeva
Finnish: vastapäivään (fi)
French: dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d’une montre, dans le sens contraire des aiguilles d’une montre, dans le sens antihoraire
German: gegen den Uhrzeigersinn
Greek: αριστερόστροφα (aristeróstrofa), αντίθετα με την φορά των δεικτών του ρολογιού (antítheta me tin forá ton deiktón tou rologioú)
Hungarian: az óramutató járásával ellenkezően
Ido: inverse-horloje
Italian: in senso antiorario

Japanese: 左回り (ひだりまわり, hidarimawari), ^{(please verify)} 反時計回り (はんとけいまわり, hantokeimawari), (rare) ^{(please verify)} 逆時計回り (ぎゃくとけいまわり, gyakutokeimawari)
Norman: contre lé solé
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mot klokken
Polish: przeciwnie do ruchu wskazówek zegara
Portuguese: no sentido anti-horário
Russian: про́тив часово́й стре́лки (prótiv časovój strélki)
Scottish Gaelic: tuathail
Serbo-Croatian: супротно од казаљке на сату
Spanish: contra reloj
Swedish: moturs (sv), motsols
Turkish: saat yönünün tersinde
Vietnamese: ngược chiều kim đồng hồ, theo chiều ngược kim đồng hồ

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Translations to be checked

Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} antikloksgewys
German: ^{(please verify)} gegen den Uhrzeigersinn
Hebrew: ^{(please verify)} נגד כיוון השעון‎ (neged kivoon hasha'on)
Hindi: ^{(please verify)} वामावर्त्त (vāmāvartt), ^{(please verify)} प्रति-घटि (prati-ghaṭi)

Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} mot klokka
Slovak: ^{(please verify)} proti smeru ručičiek
Spanish: ^{(please verify)} en sentido contrario a las agujas del reloj

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