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Tuesday, February 24, 2026

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час

hour, o'clock, time

[chahs]

One-hour time span is marked on the clock.

Кото́рый час?
What time is it?
Я ждал тебя́ два часа́.
I was waiting for you for two hours. (informal)
В росси́йских шко́лах академи́ческий час дли́тся 45 мину́т.
In Russian schools, a school period is 45 minutes long.
Мы усну́ли в час но́чи.
We fell asleep at one o'clock in the morning.
Андре́й бу́дет до́ма че́рез час.
Andrey will be home in an hour.

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