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hour [aʊəʳ, Am aʊr] N

1. hour (sixty minutes):

hour
godzina f
in an hour's time
za godzinę
to pay by the hour
płacić [perf za-] według stawki godzinowej

6. hour (moment in history):

hour
godzina f
hour
chwila f
the finest hour
najdonioślejsza chwila

closing hour, closing time N

hour hand N

kilowatt hour N

lunch hour N

lunch hour → lunch break

See also lunch break

lunch break N

person-hour <-s> N

rush hour N

staff-hour <-s> N ECON

witching hour liter
godzina duchów

Usage examples with hour

every hour on the hour
co godzinę
the hour
pełna godzina f
lunch hour
pora lunchu
to change from hour to hour
zmieniać się z godziny na godzinę
half an hour [or a half hour]
pół godziny
in an hour's time
za godzinę
at the agreed hour
o umówionej porze
sb's hour has come
czyjaś godzina nadeszła
at some unearthly hour
o jakiejś nieludzkiej porze
at an ungodly hour
o nieludzkiej porze
100 km per hour
sto kilometrów na godzinę
at the eleventh hour
w ostatniej chwili
at this hour?
o tej porze?
the finest hour
najdonioślejsza chwila
a three-hour journey
trzygodzinna podróż f
within one hour
w ciągu godziny
eight-hour day
ośmiogodzinny dzień m pracy
to pay by the hour
płacić [perf za-] według stawki godzinowej
ten minutes past the hour
dziesięć minut po [każdej pełnej godzinie]
an hour's drive [or by car]
godzina f jazdy samochodem

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English
After steady growth over the first half of the century, including winning paid sick leave, annual leave and a forty-hour week, the union really took off in the 1950s.
en.wikipedia.org
Standard 24-hour time is converted into a fractional day simply by dividing the number of hours elapsed since midnight by 24 to make a decimal fraction.
en.wikipedia.org
He described his terror after he was trapped in an air pocket under a vessel for an hour alongside five others as he awaited rescue.
www.independent.co.uk
The drive method may be as simple as a gear motor that rotates at a very slow average rate of one revolution per day (15 degrees per hour).
en.wikipedia.org
Weather was also a staple on the station with around 50 reports a day each hour and half-hour.
en.wikipedia.org
User groups are expected to run experiments on a 24-hour basis to maximise the use of the facility.
en.wikipedia.org
In 1998, a law establishing the 35-hour workweek was adopted.
en.wikipedia.org
Doctors told them that there would be no chance that the foetus, who had a condition called acrania, would survive longer than an hour after birth.
www.herald.ie
However, locals claimed that the security forces helped the bombers by removing the checkpoints an hour before the attack.
en.wikipedia.org
The hour drew nigh and the moon did rend asunder.
en.wikipedia.org

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