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Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈklan.ɡo/
- Rhymes: -anɡo
- Hyphenation: clàn‧go
Verb
clango
- first-person singular present indicative of clangere
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *glag- (“to make a noise, clap, twitter”), from Proto-Indo-European *gal- (“to roop, scream, shout”).[1] Cognate with English clack and Ancient Greek κλαγγή (klangḗ, “shrill sound”).
Pronunciation
Verb
clangō (present infinitive clangere, perfect active clanguī); third conjugation, no supine stem, limited passive
- to clang
- (transitive) to sound out (a signal, etc., of a trumpet)
Conjugation
References
- “clango”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- clango in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.