clou
See also: Clou
English edit
Etymology edit
From French clou. Doublet of clove.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
clou (plural clous)
- Something which holds the greatest attention; the chief point of interest.
- 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:
- But had he not refused her the wherewithal to remember him—the pearls she needed as the clou of her dear collection, the great relic among relics?
- 1994, Richard Abel, The Ciné Goes to Town: French Cinema, 1896-1914, page 70:
- Partly because they were constructed of multiple shot-scenes and recorded exclusively in LS, their elaborate decors acquired an even more privileged role — as tableaux and clous of spectacle — much in the manner of late nineteenth-century French stage productions […]
Anagrams edit
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
clou
- inflection of cloure:
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
clou m (plural clous)
Synonyms edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
clou
- highlight (high point of an occasion, press release etc.)
Declension edit
Inflection of clou (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | clou | clout | ||
genitive | cloun | clouiden clouitten | ||
partitive | clouta | clouita | ||
illative | clouhun | clouihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | clou | clout | ||
accusative | nom. | clou | clout | |
gen. | cloun | |||
genitive | cloun | clouiden clouitten | ||
partitive | clouta | clouita | ||
inessive | cloussa | clouissa | ||
elative | clousta | clouista | ||
illative | clouhun | clouihin | ||
adessive | cloulla | clouilla | ||
ablative | cloulta | clouilta | ||
allative | cloulle | clouille | ||
essive | clouna | clouina | ||
translative | clouksi | clouiksi | ||
abessive | cloutta | clouitta | ||
instructive | — | clouin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms edit
Further reading edit
- “clou”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French clou, from Latin clāvus, from Proto-Italic *klāwos, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
clou m (plural clous)
- nail (metal pin)
- clove (of garlic)
- (figurative) highlight, climax
- (usually in the plural, des clous) not likely, no way, you'll be so lucky
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
Further reading edit
- “clou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French clou. Doublet of chiavo.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
clou m (invariable)
- (also relational) highlight (high point of an occasion)
- la mossa clou della partita ― the standout move of the match
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Noun edit
clou
- Alternative form of clough
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from French clou, from Old French clou, from Latin clāvus, from Proto-Italic *klāwos, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u-.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
clou n (indeclinable)
- clou (chief point of interest)
Further reading edit
- clou in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
clou n (plural clou-uri)
Declension edit
Declension of clou
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) clou | clouul | (niște) clou-uri | clou-urile |
genitive/dative | (unui) clou | clouului | (unor) clou-uri | clou-urilor |
vocative | clouule | clou-urilor |
Welsh edit
Pronunciation edit
- (North Wales) IPA(key): /klɔɨ̯/
- (South Wales) IPA(key): /klɔi̯/
Adjective edit
clou (feminine singular clou, plural clou, equative cloued, comparative clouach, superlative clouaf)
- (South Wales) fast, quick
Synonyms edit
Mutation edit
Welsh mutation | |||
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radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
clou | glou | nghlou | chlou |
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. |