claque
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Die Claque (The Claque, 1988) by Guido Messer. Installed in Schwetzingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, it depicts a claque (sense 1).
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French claque (“group of people hired to applaud or boo, claque”, literally “a slap; a clap”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈklæk/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - Homophone: clack
- Rhymes: -æk
Noun
claque (plural claques)
- (collective) A group of people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo.
- 1930 February 23, “Theatre claqueurs in Vienna form union; now get two Wienerwursts for simple applause, six with beer for special ovations”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 July 2021, page 4, column 1:
- The most popular singers have been obliged to give free tickets and even to donate cash, lest the claque retaliate by frantic applause at the wrong moment.
- 1957 December 22, John Briggs, “What every young claqueur should know”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 28 July 2021, page 53, columns 4–7:
- The claque isn't paid. In fact, claqueurs pay to get in. The inducement is that they can buy standing room for half price, without waiting in line.
- (by extension)
Related terms
Translations
people hired to attend a performance and to either applaud or boo
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group of fawning admirers
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group of people who pre-arrange among themselves to express strong support for an idea
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See also
References
- ^ “claque, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, March 2021.
- ^ “claque, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
Anagrams
French
Etymology
Deverbal from claquer (“to clap”). Sense 5 developped as paying audience members to applaud started at the Paris Opera.
Pronunciation
Noun
claque f (plural claques)
- slap on the cheek
- vamp (of a shoe)
- (Quebec) overshoe
- Synonyms: shoe claque, chouclaque
- (sports) thrashing; thumping (heavy defeat)
- (collective) claque (group of people hired to either applaud or boo)
Noun
claque m (plural claques)
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Catalan: claca
- → English: claque
- → German: Claque
- → Italian: claque
- → Portuguese: claque
- → Spanish: claque
References
- ^ “claque, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
- “claque”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.
Anagrams
Italian
Etymology
Noun
claque f (invariable)
Related terms
Further reading
- claque in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: cla‧que
Noun
claque f (plural claques)
- (Portugal, sports) supporters (people who support something, especially a sports team)
- Synonym: (Brazil) torcida
References
- ^ “claque” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
- ^ “claque” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
claque f (plural claques)
Further reading
- “claque”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014