clove
English edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kləʊv/
- (General American) IPA(key): /kloʊv/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊv
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English clove, an alteration of earlier clowe, borrowed from the first component of Old French clou (de girofle) (modern French clou de girofle), from Latin clāvus (“nail”) for its shape. Also see clāva (“knotty branch, club”). Doublet of clou and clavus.
Noun edit
clove (countable and uncountable, plural cloves)
- (uncountable, countable) A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
- (countable) A clove tree, of the species Syzygium aromaticum (syn. Caryophyllus aromaticus), native to the Moluccas (Indonesian islands), which produces the spice.
- (countable) An old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone.
- 1843, The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge, page 202:
- Seven pounds make a clove, 2 cloves a stone, 2 stone a tod 6 1⁄2 tods a wey, 2 weys a sack, 12 sacks a last. The 'Pathway' points out the etymology of the word cloves; it calls them ' claves or nails.' It is to be observed here that a sack is 13 tods, and a tod 28 pounds, so that the sack is 364 pounds.
- 1866, James Edwin Thorold Rogers, A History of Agriculture and Prices in England, volume 1, page 169:
- By a statute of 9 Hen. VI. it was ordained that the wey of cheese should contain 32 cloves of 7 lbs. each, i.e. 224 lbs., or 2 cwts.
Derived terms edit
- clove camphor
- clove gilliflower, clove gillyflower (Dianthus caryophyllus)
- clove lilli pilli
- clove pink (Dianthus caryophyllus)
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Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English clove, from Old English clufu, from Proto-West Germanic *klubu, from Proto-Germanic *klubō, related to clēofan (“to cleave, split”), hence with the verbal etymology hereafter.
Noun edit
clove (plural cloves)
- (horticulture, cooking) One of the small bulbs formed in the axils of the scales of a large bulb.
- clove of garlic, garlic clove, clove of a sea-onion, clove of shallot, cloves of bulbs
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Etymology 3 edit
Verb edit
clove
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Etymology 4 edit
Noun edit
clove (plural cloves)
- (geography) A narrow valley with steep sides, used in areas of North America first settled by the Dutch
Usage notes edit
- Mainly used in proper names, such as Kaaterskill Clove.
Further reading edit
- “clove”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
- “clove”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- clove on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams edit
Middle English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Inherited from Old English clufu, from Proto-West Germanic *klubu, from Proto-Germanic *klubō, related to cleven.
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
clove (plural cloves)
- clove (bulb of garlic)
Descendants edit
References edit
- “clōve, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-29.
Etymology 2 edit
From Old French clou de girofle.
Noun edit
clove
- Alternative form of clowe
Etymology 3 edit
From Old English clofen, past participle of clēofan.
Noun edit
clove
- Alternative form of cloven
Etymology 4 edit
From Old English clēaf, 1st- and 3rd- person simple past singular of clēofan, with the vowel from the past participle.
Verb edit
clove
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