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hour

hour

Meaning of hour

a period of 60 minutes

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British English/ən ˈaʊə/
American English/ən ˈaʊər/
Russian transcription[t͡ɕas]
an hour
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hour with Russian translation

hour usage examples

🇷🇺Russian🇬🇧English

Собрание длилось час.

The meeting lasted an hour.

🇷🇺Russian🇬🇧English

Я могу закончить это за час.

I can finish this in an hour.

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Related word breakdowns

What's the difference between hour / an hour / half hour / hour-long

🇬🇧English
hour

час — a period of 60 minutes

A1Very Often

The meeting lasted an hour.

Собрание длилось час.

A
🇬🇧English
an hour

exactly one period of 60 minutes

A1Very Often

The meeting lasted an hour.

Собрание длилось час.

H
🇬🇧English
half hour

a period of 30 minutes, half of an hour

A1Often

The movie lasts half an hour.

Фильм длится полчаса.

H
🇬🇧English
hour-long

lasting for one hour; used before a noun as an adjective

A1Often

We watched an hour-long documentary.

Мы посмотрели часовой документальный фильм.

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How to pronounce hour and what this word means

hour translation: час. This page includes translation, pronunciation, transcription, audio, usage examples and related words.

how to pronounce hour

/ən ˈaʊə/

hour translation

час

hour examples

The meeting lasted an hour.

hour transcription

/ən ˈaʊə/, /ən ˈaʊər/

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hour meaning: what does it mean?

a period of 60 minutes

hour pronunciation: how do you pronounce it?

hour is pronounced as /ən ˈaʊə/. Audio is available on this page when the word has a recording.

hour definition and sentence examples: how is it used in a sentence?

The meeting lasted an hour. Translation: Собрание длилось час.

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