No. 8,998 in French

chronomètre

A stopwatch or time-measuring device.

In a sentence

J'ai utilisé un chronomètre pour mesurer mon temps de course.
I used a stopwatch to measure my running time.
Here, 'chronomètre' refers specifically to a stopwatch, a device used to measure intervals of time.
Le chronomètre sur la table indique le temps écoulé depuis le début de l'expérience.
The timer on the table shows the elapsed time since the beginning of the experiment.
In this sentence, 'chronomètre' describes a timer used for tracking the duration of an activity or experiment.
Elle a réglé le chronomètre pour qu'il sonne après trente minutes.
She set the timer to ring after thirty minutes.
The word 'chronomètre' in this context refers to a timer that has a countdown functionality.

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