le chrono

stopwatch, timer

k ʁ ɔ . n o
noun · masculine Rare #44,370
stopwatch, timer Informal shortening of « chronomètre».
FR: J'utilise un chrono pour mesurer le temps de cuisson.
EN: I use a timer to measure the cooking time.

Vous savez comme moi que ce chrono est bidon.

You know as well as I do that this time is bogus.

— Reconnu coupable (2026)

Top chrono !

Top time!

— Demain tout commence (2016)

Tu peux l'encadrer le chrono.

You can frame that time.

— Taxi (1998)

Quatre minutes chrono !

Four minutes flat!

— Running Man (2025)

Quatre minutes au chrono, commandant.

Four minutes on the clock, Commander.

— Titane (2021)

On marchait au chrono.

We were walking against the clock.

— A Bad Son (1980)

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