watchmaking
noun
watchmaking is a noun meaning “The making (and repairing) of watches” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled W-A-T-C-H-M-A-K-I-N-G, and it appears about once in every 7 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does watchmaking mean?
noun
- 1
The making (and repairing) of watches.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is watchmaking?
Watchmaking appears about once in every 7 million words in written English, the 77,666th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Watchmaking in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Translations:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | horlogerie |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does watchmaking come from?
From watch + making.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).