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clan

See also: Clan and član

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from Irish clann (“offspring, children of the family”) and Scottish Gaelic clann, both from Old Irish cland, borrowed from Old Welsh plant, itself borrowed from Latin planta (“shoot, offspring”). Doublet of plant.

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Noun edit

clan (plural clans)

  1. (anthropology) A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
    Hyponym: descent group
    Coordinate term: lineage
  2. A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain
  3. Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity.
    • 1923, P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves:
      As a rule, you see, I'm not lugged into Family Rows. On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James's letter about Cousin Mabel's peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle... the clan has a tendency to ignore me.
  4. (video games) A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.
  5. A badger colony.

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Descendants edit

  • → Catalan: clan
  • → Danish: klan
  • → Dutch: clan
  • → French: clan
  • → Galician: clan
  • → German: Clan
  • → Italian: clan
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: klan
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: klan
  • → Polish: klan
  • → Russian: клан (klan)
  • → Portuguese: clan, clã
  • → Spanish: clan
  • → Swedish: klan

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Noun edit

clan m (plural clans)

  1. clan

Dutch edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English clan, from Scottish Gaelic clann (“progeny, race”), from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta (“shoot, offspring”). As such, it is a doublet of plant (“plant, flora”).

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Noun edit

clan m (plural clans, diminutive clannetje n)

  1. clan, kin group, esp. in relation to the Scottish Highlands or Scotland in general
  2. (gaming) a group of gamers playing on the same team, a clan

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French edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English clan, from Scottish Gaelic clann (“progeny, race”), from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta (“shoot, offspring”), and therefore a doublet of plante.

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Noun edit

clan m (plural clans)

  1. clan

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Galician edit

Etymology edit

from Irish clann (“offspring, children of the family”) and Scottish Gaelic clann, both from Old Irish cland, borrowed from Old Welsh plant, itself borrowed from Latin planta (“shoot, offspring”). Doublet of planta.

Noun edit

clan m (plural clans)

  1. clan
    Synonym: tribo

Italian edit

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from English clan. Ultimately a doublet of pianta.

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Noun edit

clan m (invariable)

  1. clan
  2. team
  3. gang

References edit

  1. ^ clan in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Portuguese edit

Noun edit

clan m (plural clans)

  1. Alternative spelling of clã

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French clan.

Noun edit

clan n (plural clanuri)

  1. clan

Declension edit

Declension of clan
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) clan clanul (niște) clanuri clanurile
genitive/dative (unui) clan clanului (unor) clanuri clanurilor
vocative clanule clanurilor

Spanish edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English clan.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈklan/ [ˈklãn]
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: clan

Noun edit

clan m (plural clanes)

  1. clan

Further reading edit

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