klan
English edit
Proper noun edit
the klan
- Alternative letter-case form of Klan
- 2009 January 30, “Obama presidency 'ignites Ku Klux Klan'”, in Herald Sun[1]:
- "It's serious, serious enough that the FBI ... and other law enforcement agencies are trying to get on top of it because the klan has made direct threats to Obama," pastor Clary, who now fights against the group as a born-again Christian, said.
Anagrams edit
Breton edit
Adjective edit
klan
- Hard mutation of glan.
Danish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
klan c (singular definite klanen, plural indefinite klaner)
Inflection edit
Further reading edit
- klan on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch clan, from English clan, from Irish clann (“offspring, children of the family”) and Scottish Gaelic clann, from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta (“shoot, offspring”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
klan (first-person possessive klanku, second-person possessive klanmu, third-person possessive klannya)
Alternative forms edit
Further reading edit
- “klan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From Scottish Gaelic clann, via English clan.
Noun edit
klan m (definite singular klanen, indefinite plural klaner, definite plural klanene)
- a clan
References edit
- “klan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From Scottish Gaelic clann, via English clan.
Noun edit
klan m (definite singular klanen, indefinite plural klanar, definite plural klanane)
- a clan
References edit
- “klan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English clan, from Scottish Gaelic clann, from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
klan m inan (diminutive klanik)
- (literary) clan (group of people all descended from a common ancestor)
- Synonym: ród
- (anthropology) tribal community (primitive community descended from a common ancestor, living in a common territory, sharing a common name and subject to the authority of a single chieftain)
- Synonym: ród
- (historical) clan (traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain)
- (literary) clique (group of people)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
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Serbo-Croatian edit
Participle edit
klan (Cyrillic spelling клан)
Swedish edit
Noun edit
klan c
- a clan
- 2016, Sinan (lyrics and music), “Stockholm city”:
- Alla har sin bas, och alla har sin klan. Skjuter mot varandra som i Afghanistan.
- Everyone has their base, and everyone has their clan. Shooting at each other like in Afghanistan.
Declension edit
Declension of klan | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | klan | klanen | klaner | klanerna |
Genitive | klans | klanens | klaners | klanernas |
References edit
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (klan), from French clan, from English clan, from Scottish Gaelic clann, from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta.
Noun edit
klan (definite accusative klanı, plural klanlar)
- (anthropology) tribal community (primitive community descended from a common ancestor, living in a common territory, sharing a common name and subject to the authority of a single chieftain)
- (historical) clan (traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain)
Declension edit
Inflection | ||
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Nominative | klan | |
Definite accusative | klanı | |
Singular | Plural | |
Nominative | klan | klanlar |
Definite accusative | klanı | klanları |
Dative | klana | klanlara |
Locative | klanda | klanlarda |
Ablative | klandan | klanlardan |
Genitive | klanın | klanların |