hour

noun

(time) A unit of time of one twenty-fourth of a day (sixty minutes).

A season, moment, or time.

(chiefly in the plural) The amount of labor demanded by an employer in terms of time.

(military, in the plural) Used after a two-digit hour and a two-digit minute to indicate time.

(Christianity, in the plural) The set times of prayer, the canonical hours, the offices or services prescribed for these, or a book containing them.

(chiefly US) A distance that can be traveled in one hour.

(poetic) The time.

Roots

horahour- · Greek · hour, season

Synonyms for hour

minuten dayn timen weekdayn intervaln millisecondn fortnightn

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Where does hour come from?

The word hour breaks down into one root of Greek origin: the root hour-, from Greek hora (“hour, season”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.