cloven

Contents

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -əʊvən
• Rhymes: -uːvən

Verb

cloven

1. past participle of cleave

Adjective

cloven

1. Split or divided.

Derived terms

• cloven foot, cloven-footed
• cloven hoof, cloven-hoofed

Translations

split or divided

• Bulgarian: разцепен (bg) (razcepen), раздвоен (bg) (razdvoen)
• French: fendu (fr)
• Norwegian: kløyvd

• Russian: раздвоенный (ru) (razdvojennyj)
• Spanish: rajado (es)
• Swedish: kluven (sv)

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• clove, clofenn, clovyn, clofen, i-clove, y clove

Etymology

From Old English clofen, ġeclofen, past participle of clēofan, from Proto-Germanic *klubanaz, past participle of *kleubaną.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɔːvən/, /ˈklɔːvə/, /iˈklɔːvə/, /əˈklɔːvə/

Verb

cloven

1. past participle of cleven (“to split”)

Descendants

• English: cloven
• Scots: clowen, cloen

References

• “clōve(n (ppl.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-31.

Adjective

cloven

1. Split, cloven, seperated, divided (used of anatomical features)

Descendants

• English: cloven
• Scots: clowen, cloen

References

• “clōve(n (ppl.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-31.