club

English

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Pronunciation

• enPR: klŭb, IPA: /klʌb/, X-SAMPA: /klVb/

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• Rhymes: -ʌb

Etymology

From Middle English clubbe, from Old Norse klubba (“cudgel”), cognate with Old High German kolbo (“club”) and German Kolbe (“club”)

Noun

A law enforcement baton

club (plural clubs)

1. A heavy stick intended for use as a weapon.
2. An association of members joining together for some common purpose, especially sports or recreation.
3. (archaic) The fees associated with belonging to such a club.
   • (Can we date this quote?) Benjamin Franklin:^[1]

     He can have no right to the benefits of Society, who will not pay his Club towards the Support of it.

4. A joint charge of expense, or any person's share of it; a contribution to a common fund.
   • L'Estrange

     They laid down the club.

   • Samuel Pepys

     We dined at a French house, but paid ten shillings for our part of the club.

5. An establishment that provides staged entertainment, often with food and drink, such as a nightclub.

   She was sitting in a jazz club, sipping wine and listening to a bass player's solo.

6. A black clover shape (♣), one of the four symbols used to mark the suits of playing cards.
7. A playing card marked with such a symbol.

   I've got only one club in my hand.

8. An implement to hit the ball in some ballgames, e.g. golf.
9. (humorous) Any set of people with a shared characteristic.

   You also hate Night Court? Join the club.

   Michael stood you up? Welcome to the club.

Synonyms

• cudgel wielded as a weapon

Derived terms

terms derived from club (noun)

benefit club clubbing clubfoot clubhouse

club sandwich golf club nightclub on the club

Translations

weapon

• Afrikaans: knuppel (af)
• Arabic: هراوة (ar) (hiraawa) f
• Armenian: մահակ (hy) (mahak), գուրզ (hy) (gurz), լախտ (hy) (laxt)
• Bulgarian: сопа (bg) (sopa) f, тояга (bg) (tojaga) f
• Catalan: bastó (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 棒 (cmn) (bàng), 棍棒 (cmn) (gùnbàng)

• Czech: kyj (cs) m, klacek (cs) m, obušek (cs) m
• Dutch: knuppel (nl) m
• Finnish: nuija (fi)
• French: bâton (fr) m, gourdin (fr) m
• German: Bengel (de) m, Keule (de) f
• Greek: ρόπαλο (el) (rópalo)
• Hebrew: אלה (he) (alá) f
• Hungarian: bunkó (hu)
• Italian: clava (it), bastone (it) m

• Japanese: 棒 (ja) (ぼう, bō), 棍棒 (ja) (こんぼう, konbō)
• Korean: 쇠몽둥이 (ko) (soemongdung-i), 철퇴 (ko) (cheoltoe) (鐵槌)
• Kurdish: kaşok (ku) m
• Latgalian: mylyns m, vāza f
• Latin: fūstis (la) m
• Latvian: milna (lv) f, vāle (lv) f
• Norwegian: klubbe (no) f
• Old Norse: klubba c
• Polish: maczuga (pl) f
• Portuguese: clava (pt) f
• Russian: дубинка (ru) (dubínka) f, дубина (ru) (dubína) f, палица (ru) (pálica) f
• Spanish: bastón (es) m, garrote (es) m
• Sundanese: panakol (su)
• Swahili: rungu (sw)
• Swedish: klubba (sv) c
• Volapük: lustaf (vo)

association of members

• Afrikaans: klub (af)
• Arabic: (indefinite) نادٍ (ar) (naadin) m, (definite) النادي (ar) (al-naadiy) m
• Armenian: ակումբ (hy) (akumb)
• Belarusian: клуб (be) (klub) m
• Bulgarian: клуб (bg) (klub) m
• Catalan: club (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 俱樂部 (cmn), 俱乐部 (cmn) (jùlèbù)

• Czech: klub (cs) m, spolek (cs) m
• Dutch: club (nl) f
• Finnish: kerho (fi), klubi (fi)
• French: club (fr) m
• German: Klub (de) m, Verein (de) m
• Greek: λέσχη (el) (léschi) f, κλαμπ (el) (klamp) n
• Hebrew: מועדון (he) (moadón) m
• Hindi: क्लब (hi) (klab)
• Hungarian: klub (hu), (clubs usually held at school:) szakkör (hu)
• Irish: cumann (ga) m
• Italian: club (it) m, circolo (it) m
• Japanese: クラブ (ja) (kurabu), (dated) 倶楽部 (ja)
• Korean: 클럽 (ko) (keulleop)

• Kurdish:

  Kurmanji: yane (kmr) f, kulûb (kmr) f

  Sorani: یانه‌ (ku) (yane)

• Latin: sodālitās (la) f
• Macedonian: клуб (mk) (klub) m
• Malay: kelab (ms)
• Norwegian: klubb (no) m
• Polish: klub (pl) m, stowarzyszenie (pl) n
• Portuguese: clube (pt) m
• Russian: клуб (ru) (klub) m
• Scottish Gaelic: cròilean (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: клуб (sh) m

  Roman: klub (sh) m

• Slovak: klub (sk) m
• Slovene: klub (sl) m
• Spanish: club (es) m
• Swahili: klabu (sw)
• Swedish: klubb (sv) c
• Turkish: kulüp (tr)
• Ukrainian: клуб (uk) (klub) m
• Vietnamese: câu lạc bộ (vi), CLB (vi)
• Volapük: klub (vo)

nightclub

• Afrikaans: klub (af), nagklub (af)
• Arabic: نادٍ ليلي (ar) (naadin láyliy) m (indefinite), النادي الليلي (ar) (al-naadi al-láyliy) m (definite)
• Armenian: ակումբ (hy) (akumb)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 夜總會 (cmn), 夜总会 (cmn) (yèzǒnghuì)

• Czech: klub (cs) m
• Finnish: yökerho (fi)
• French: boîte (fr) f, boîte de nuit (fr) f
• German: Nachtklub (de) m, Nachtlokal (de) n
• Greek: κλαμπ (el) (klamp) n
• Hebrew: מועדון לילה (he) (moadón láyla) m

• Hungarian: nightclub (hu)
• Japanese: ナイトクラブ (ja) (naitokurabu)
• Norwegian: nattklubb (no) m
• Portuguese: boate (pt), balada (pt)
• Russian: ночной клуб (ru) (nočnój klub) m, клуб (ru) (klub) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: клуб (sh) m

  Roman: klub (sh) m

• Spanish: discoteca (es) f
• Swahili: klabu (sw)
• Swedish: nattklubb (sv)
• Turkish: kulüp (tr), gece kulübü (tr)

playing card symbol, ♣

• Afrikaans: klawer (af)
• Arabic: سباتي (ar) (sibāti) m
• Armenian: խաչ (hy) (xač)
• Bulgarian: спатия (bg) (spatija) f, трефа (bg) (trefa) f
• Catalan: trèvol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 梅花, simpl. 梅花 (méihuā)

• Czech: kříž (cs) m
• Dutch: klaveren (nl) m pl
• Estonian: risti (et)
• Finnish: risti (fi)
• French: trèfle (fr) m
• German: Kreuz (de) n
• Greek: σπαθί (el) (spathí) n
• Hebrew: תלתן (he) (tiltán) m

• Hungarian: treff (hu)
• Icelandic: lauf (is) m
• Japanese: クラブ (ja) (kurabu)
• Norwegian: kløver (no) m
• Polish: trefl (pl) m
• Portuguese: paus (pt) m
• Russian: трефа (ru) (tréfa) f, крести (ru) (kresti) pl, трефовая масть (ru) (trefovaja mast') f
• Spanish: trébol (es) m
• Swahili: pau (sw)
• Swedish: klöver (sv) c
• Telugu: కళావరు (te) (kaLaavaru)
• Thai: ดอกจิก (th)
• Turkish: sinek (tr)

hitting implement

• Bulgarian: палка (bg) (palka) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 棒, simpl. 棒 (bàng)

• Czech: hůl (cs) f
• Finnish: maila (fi)
• French: club (fr)
• German: Schläger (de) m
• Hebrew: מחבט (he) (makhbét) m

• Hungarian: ütő (hu)
• Norwegian: kølle (no) f
• Polish: kij (pl) m
• Portuguese: taco (pt)
• Russian: клюшка (ru) (kljuška) f (hockey, golf etc), бита (ru) (bita) f (baseball, lapta, gorodki etc)
• Slovak: pálka (sk) f
• Spanish: palo (es) m

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• Korean: 클럽 (ko) (keuleop)

• Welsh: clwb (cy) (3,4)

Verb

club (third-person singular simple present clubs, present participle clubbing, simple past and past participle clubbed)

1. (transitive) to hit with a club.

   He clubbed the poor dog.

2. (intransitive) To join together to form a group.
   • Dryden

     Till grosser atoms, tumbling in the stream / Of fancy, madly met, and clubbed into a dream.

3. (intransitive, transitive) To combine into a club-shaped mass.
4. (intransitive) To go to nightclubs.

   We went clubbing in Ibiza.

5. (intransitive) To pay an equal or proportionate share of a common charge or expense.
   • Jonathan Swift

     The owl, the raven, and the bat / Clubbed for a feather to his hat.

6. (nautical) To drift in a current with an anchor out.

Translations

to hit with a club

• Afrikaans: slaan (af), neek (af), donner (af)
• Bulgarian: удрям с тояга (bg) (udrjam s tojaga)
• Catalan: bastonejar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 用棍棒打, simpl. 用棍棒打 (yòng gùn bàng dǎ)

• Dutch: neerknuppelen (nl), slaan (nl)

• Finnish: nuijia (fi)
• French: bâtonner (fr)
• German: schlagen (de)
• Hebrew: חבט (he) (khabát)
• Russian: бить (ru) (bit’), ударять (ru) (udarjatʹ)
• Spanish: apalear (es), garrotear (es) (rare)

to join together to form a group

• Bulgarian: обединявам се в клуб (bg) (obedinjavam se v klub)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: trad. 聯合, simpl. 联合 (lián hé)

• Dutch: zich groeperen (nl), zich verenigen (nl), samengaan (nl), een club vormen (nl)

• German: zusammenlegen (de)
• Russian: устраивать складчину (ru) (ustráivat’ skládčinu)
• Spanish: agrupar (es) (pronominal)

Anagrams

• culb

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Catalan

Noun

club m (plural clubs)

1. club (association)
2. (golf) club

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French

Etymology

From English club

Pronunciation

• (France) IPA: /klœb/
• (Quebec) IPA: /klʏb/

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Noun

club m (plural clubs)

1. club (association)
2. (golf) club

Synonyms

• (golf club): bâton (Quebec)

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Italian

Etymology

English

Noun

club m (invariable)

1. club (association; golf implement)

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Spanish

Etymology

From English club.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /kluβ/

Noun

club m (plural clubs or clubes)

1. club (association)

Synonyms

• (association): asociación f, cofradía f, gremio m

Derived terms

• club nocturno m
• club de fans m