anticlockwise

See also: anti-clockwise

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ent-

Proto-Indo-European *-s

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énts

Proto-Indo-European *-i

Proto-Indo-European *h₂énti

Ancient Greek ᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)

Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)der.

English anti-

Proto-Celtic *klokkosder.?

Early Medieval Latin cloccader.

Old Northern French cloquebor.

Old Dutch *klokka

Middle Dutch clockebor.

Middle English clokke

English clock

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *wéydos

Proto-Indo-European *weyd-s-ós

Proto-Germanic *wīsaz

Proto-Germanic *-wīsaz

Proto-West Germanic *-wīs

Old English -wīs

Middle English -wis

English -wise

English clockwise

English anticlockwise

From anti- + clockwise.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˌæn.tiˈklɒk.waɪz/
• (US) enPR: ăn'tēkläkʹwīz, ăn'tīkläkʹwīz, IPA^(key): /ˌæn.tɪˈklɑkˌwaɪz/, /ˌæn.tiˈklɑkˌwaɪz/, /ˌænˌtaɪˈklɑkˌwaɪz/

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• (Australia) IPA^(key): /ˌæn.tiˈklɔk.wɑɪz/

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Adjective

anticlockwise (not comparable)

1. (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth, 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 hands of an analog clock.
   • 2024, S. Lalit Sagar, Dipti Ranjan Sahoo, T. P. Anand, Vasant A. Matsagar, “Development of a Quasi-Static Bidirectional Loading Protocol for the Seismic Evaluation of Hybrid RC-SCC Beam-Column Joints”, in Federico M. Mazzolani, editor, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Behaviour of Steel Structures in Seismic Areas:

     The bidirectional drift excursion for the beam-column joint is applied in the anticlockwise direction as per the numbering sequence illustrated in Figs. 8a and 8b.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

• clockwise

Derived terms

• anticlockwisely

Translations

in the opposite direction to the hands of an analogue clock — see also levogyre,‎ sinistrorse

• Bulgarian: обратен на часовниковата стрелка (obraten na časovnikovata strelka)
• Catalan: en el sentit antihorari
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 反時針方向的 / 反时针方向的 (fǎn shízhēn fāngxiàng de), 逆時針的 / 逆时针的 (nì shízhēn de), 逆時針 / 逆时针 (zh) (nì shízhēn)

• Cornish: gorthnaswedhek
• Danish: mod uret
• Dutch: tegen de klok in, in tegenwijzerzin, linksom (nl)
• Esperanto: maldekstruma, livuma
• Estonian: vastupäeva
• Finnish: vastapäiväinen (fi)
• French: dans le sens inverse des aiguilles d’une montre (fr), dans le sens antihoraire (fr), antihoraire (fr)
• Galician: antihorario
• Georgian: საათის ისრის საწინააღმდეგო (saatis isris sac̣inaaɣmdego), საათის ისრის საწინააღმდეგო მიმართულებით (saatis isris sac̣inaaɣmdego mimartulebit), საათის ისრის საწინააღმდეგო მიმართულებით მოძრავი (saatis isris sac̣inaaɣmdego mimartulebit moʒravi), საათის ისრის საპირისპირო მიმართულებით მოძრავი (saatis isris saṗirisṗiro mimartulebit moʒravi)
• German: im Gegenuhrzeigersinn, gegen den Uhrzeigersinn
• Greek: αριστερόστροφος (el) (aristeróstrofos)
• Hebrew: נגד כיוון השעון (néged kivún hasha'ón)
• Hindi: वामावर्त (hi) (vāmāvart)
• Hungarian: az óramutató járásával ellenkező
• Ido: inversa-horloja
• Irish: tuathal, tuathalach
• Italian: antiorario (it), in senso antorario
• Japanese: 反時計回り (ja) (hantokeimawari), 左巻き (hidarimaki)
• Korean: 반시계 방향 (bansigye banghyang)
• Malay: lawan arah jam
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: moturs, mot klokka, mot klokken, motsols

  Nynorsk: mot klokka

• Polish: przeciwny do ruchu wskazówek zegara, lewoskrętny (pl)
• Portuguese: anti-horário (pt)
• Romanian: în sens antiorar
• Russian: про́тив часово́й стре́лки (prótiv časovój strélki)
• Scottish Gaelic: tuathal
• Spanish: antihorario, contrario al​/​“a​/​de las agujas​/​manecillas del” reloj
• Swedish: motsols (sv), moturs (sv)
• Tagalog: balitaknaan
• Tamil: இடஞ்சுழி (ta) (iṭañcuḻi)
• Thai: ทวนเข็มนาฬิกา
• Tibetan: སྐོར་ལོག (skor log, literally “the backwards way around”), ཕྱི་སྐོར (phyi skor, literally “the non-Buddhist way around”), གཡོན་འཁྱིལ (g.yon 'khyil, literally “left-winding”)
• Turkish: saat yönünün tersinde
• Welsh: gwrthglocwedd (cy)

Adverb

anticlockwise (not comparable)

1. (Commonwealth, UK, Ireland) 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 — see also sinistrorsely

• Bulgarian: обратно на часовниковата стрелка (obratno na časovnikovata strelka)
• Catalan: en sentit antihorari
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 逆時針 / 逆时针 (jik⁶ si⁴ zam¹)

  Mandarin: 反時針方向的 / 反时针方向的 (fǎn 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, kontraŭhorloĝdirekte
• 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
• Galician: en sentido antihorario, antihorariamente, en sentido contrario ás agullas do reloxo
• Georgian: საათის ისრის საწინააღმდეგოდ (saatis isris sac̣inaaɣmdegod), საათის ისრის საწინააღმდეგო მიმართულებით (saatis isris sac̣inaaɣmdego mimartulebit), საათის ისრის საპირისპიროდ (saatis isris saṗirisṗirod)
• German: im Gegenuhrzeigersinn, gegen den Uhrzeigersinn
• Greek: αριστερόστροφα (aristeróstrofa), αντίθετα με την φορά των δεικτών του ρολογιού (antítheta me tin forá ton deiktón tou rologioú)
• Hebrew: נגד כיוון השעון (néged kivún hasha'ón)
• Hindi: वामावर्त (hi) (vāmāvart)
• Hungarian: az óramutató járásával ellenkezően
• Ido: inverse-horloje
• Italian: in senso antiorario
• Japanese: 左回り (ja) (ひだりまわり, hidarimawari), ^{(please verify)} 反時計回り (ja) (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: moturs, mot klokka, mot klokken, motsols

• Polish: przeciwnie do ruchu wskazówek zegara, lewoskrętnie
• Portuguese: no sentido anti-horário, no sentido contrário aos ponteiros do relógio
• Romanian: în sens antiorar
• Russian: про́тив часово́й стре́лки (prótiv časovój strélki)
• Scottish Gaelic: tuathail
• Serbo-Croatian: супротно од казаљке на сату
• Spanish: antihorariamente, en (el) sentido antihorario​/​“contrario al​/​‘a​/​de las agujas​/manecillas del’ reloj”, levógiramente
• Swedish: moturs (sv), motsols (sv)
• Tibetan: སྐོར་ལོག (skor log, literally “the backwards way around”), སྤྱི་སྐོར (spyi skor, literally “the non-Buddhist way around”), གཡོན་འཁྱིལ (g.yon 'khyil, literally “left-winding”)
• Turkish: saat yönünün tersinde
• Ukrainian: проти годинникової стрілки (proty hodynnykovoji strilky)
• Vietnamese: ngược chiều kim đồng hồ, theo chiều ngược kim đồng hồ
• Welsh: yn wrthglocwedd, yn groes i'r cloc, o chwith

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Translations to be checked

• Afrikaans: ^{(please verify)} antikloksgewys
• Hindi: ^{(please verify)} वामावर्त्त (vāmāvartt), ^{(please verify)} प्रति-घटि (prati-ghaṭi)
• Slovak: ^{(please verify)} proti smeru ručičiek