clan
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
clan (plural clans)
- (anthropology) A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
- Coordinate term: lineage
- Hyponym: descent group
- A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain
- Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity.
- 1923, P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves:
- (video games) A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.
- A badger colony.
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
- → Catalan: clan
- → Dutch: clan
- → French: clan
- → Turkish: klan
- → Galician: clan
- → German: Clan
- → Italian: clan
- → Polish: klan
- → Russian: клан (klan)
- → Portuguese: clan, clã
- → Spanish: clan
TranslationsEdit
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See alsoEdit
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
NounEdit
clan m (plural clans)
DutchEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /klɛn/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: clan
- Rhymes: -ɛn
NounEdit
clan m (plural clans, diminutive clannetje n)
- clan, kin group, esp. in relation to the Scottish Highlands or Scotland in general
- (gaming) a group of gamers playing on the same team, a clan
DescendantsEdit
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
clan m (plural clans)
DescendantsEdit
- → Turkish: klan
Further readingEdit
- “clan”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
NounEdit
clan m (plural clans)
SynonymsEdit
- (clan): tribo
ItalianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Unadapted borrowing from English clan, 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 pianta.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
clan m (invariable)
ReferencesEdit
- ^ clan in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
PortugueseEdit
NounEdit
clan m (plural clans)
- Alternative spelling of clã
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
clan n (plural clanuri)
DeclensionEdit
singular | plural | |||
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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 |
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
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.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
clan m (plural clanes)
Further readingEdit
- “clan”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014