Meaning
watch shop; watchmaking
- a shop selling or repairing clocks and watches
- the craft, industry, or art of making clocks and watches
- a clockwork mechanism (chiefly in fixed expressions)
In a sentence
Ho portato il mio orologio rotto in un'orologeria del centro.
I brought my broken watch to a watch shop downtown.
La Svizzera è celebre in tutto il mondo per l'orologeria di precisione.
Switzerland is world-famous for precision watchmaking.
Il debito pubblico crescente è una bomba a orologeria per l'economia.
The growing public debt is a time bomb for the economy.
Word forms (2)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| orologeria | feminine · singular |
| orologerie | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- The expression 'a orologeria' means 'clockwork' or 'timed', as in 'bomba a orologeria' (time bomb).