klan
English
Proper noun
the klan
- Alternative letter-case form of Klan.
- 2009 January 30, “Obama presidency 'ignites Ku Klux Klan'”, in Herald Sun[1]:
- "It's serious, serious enough that the FBI ... and other law enforcement agencies are trying to get on top of it because the klan has made direct threats to Obama," pastor Clary, who now fights against the group as a born-again Christian, said.
Anagrams
Breton
Adjective
klan
- hard mutation of glan
Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klaːn/, [kʰlæːˀn]
Noun
klan c (singular definite klanen, plural indefinite klaner)
Inflection
| common gender |
singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | klan | klanen | klaner | klanerne |
| genitive | klans | klanens | klaners | klanernes |
Further reading
- klan on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch clan, from English clan, from Irish clann (“offspring, children of the family”) and Scottish Gaelic clann, from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta (“shoot, offspring”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈklan]
- Hyphenation: klan
Noun
klan (plural klan-klan)
Alternative forms
Further reading
- “klan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic clann, via English clan.
Noun
klan m (definite singular klanen, indefinite plural klaner, definite plural klanene)
- a clan
References
- “klan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Scottish Gaelic clann, via English clan.
Noun
klan m (definite singular klanen, indefinite plural klanar, definite plural klanane)
- a clan
References
- “klan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English clan, from Scottish Gaelic clann, from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklan/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -an
- Syllabification: klan
Noun
klan m inan (diminutive klanik)
- (literary) clan (group of people all descended from a common ancestor)
- Synonym: ród
- (anthropology) tribal community (primitive community descended from a common ancestor, living in a common territory, sharing a common name and subject to the authority of a single chieftain)
- Synonym: ród
- (historical) clan (traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain)
- (literary) clique (group of people)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | klan | klany |
| genitive | klanu | klanów |
| dative | klanowi | klanom |
| accusative | klan | klany |
| instrumental | klanem | klanami |
| locative | klanie | klanach |
| vocative | klanie | klany |
Derived terms
- klanowy
Related terms
- klanowość
Further reading
- klan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- klan in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Serbo-Croatian
Participle
klan (Cyrillic spelling клан)
- masculine singular passive past participle of klȁti
Swedish
Noun
klan c
- a clan
Declension
| nominative | genitive | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | indefinite | klan | klans |
| definite | klanen | klanens | |
| plural | indefinite | klaner | klaners |
| definite | klanerna | klanernas |
References
- klan in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- klan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- klan in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Turkish
Etymology
From Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (klan), from French clan, from English clan, from Scottish Gaelic clann, from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta.
Noun
klan (definite accusative klanı, plural klanlar)
- (anthropology) tribal community (primitive community descended from a common ancestor, living in a common territory, sharing a common name and subject to the authority of a single chieftain)
- (historical) clan (traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain)
Declension
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | klan | klanlar |
| definite accusative | klanı | klanları |
| dative | klana | klanlara |
| locative | klanda | klanlarda |
| ablative | klandan | klanlardan |
| genitive | klanın | klanların |