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Etymology 1
Cloves (1).
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
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.
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Translations
spice
Afrikaans: naeltjie (af)
Amharic: ቅርንፉድ ( ḳərnəfud )
Arabic: قَرَنْفُل (ar) m ( qaranful )
Egyptian Arabic: قرنفل m ( ʔoronfel )
Hijazi Arabic: قُرُنْفُل m ( gurunful )
Moroccan Arabic: قرنفل ( qrunful )
Armenian: մեխակ (hy) ( mexak )
Assamese: লং ( loṅ )
Azerbaijani: mixək (az)
Bashkir: ҡәләмфер ( qələmfer )
Basque: iltzea
Bengali: লবঙ্গ (bn) ( loboṅgo )
Bulgarian: карамфил (bg) m ( karamfil )
Burmese: လေးညှင်းပွင့် (my) ( le:hnyang:pwang. )
Catalan: clavell (ca) m , clavell d'espècia m , clau d'espècia f
Chinese:
Cantonese: 丁香 ( ding1 hoeng1 )
Mandarin: 丁香 (zh) ( dīngxiāng )
Classical Nahuatl: Caxtīllān chīlli
Czech: hřebíček (cs) m
Danish: nellike (da) c , kryddernellike (da) c
Dhivehi: ކަރަންފޫ ( karan̊fū )
Dutch: kruidnagel (nl)
Esperanto: kariofilo
Finnish: neilikka (fi) , mausteneilikka (fi)
French: clou de girofle (fr) m
German: Gewürznelke (de) f
Greek: γαρύφαλλο (el) n ( garýfallo )
Ancient: καρυόφυλλον n ( karuóphullon )
Gujarati: લવિંગ ( laviṅg )
Haitian Creole: jiwòf
Hebrew: צִפֹּרֶן (he) f ( tzippóren )
Hindi: लौंग ( lauṅg ) , लवंग (hi) m ( lavaṅg )
Hungarian: szegfűszeg (hu)
Icelandic: negull m
Indonesian: cengkih (id)
Irish: clóbh m
Italian: chiodo di garofano (it) m
Japanese: クローブ ( kurōbu ) , 丁子 (ja) ( ちょうじ, chōji ) , 丁字 (ja) ( ちょうじ, chōji )
Javanese: ꦕꦼꦁꦏꦺꦃ ( cengkéh )
Kabardian: къэрмэфибл (kbd) ( qɛrmɛfibl )
Kannada: ಲವಂಗ (kn) ( lavaṅga )
Khmer: ក្លាំពូ (km) ( klampuu )
Korean: 정향나무 ( jeonghyangnamu )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: mêxek (ku) , qernefîl (ku)
Lao: ກ້ານພູ ( kān phū )
Luxembourgish: Neelcheskapp m
Macedonian: каранфилче ( karanfilče )
Malagasy: jirofo (mg)
Malay: cengkih (ms)
Malayalam: കരയാമ്പൂ (ml) ( karayāmpū ) , ഗ്രാമ്പു ( grāmpu )
Maltese: qronfol
Maori: korohe
Marathi: लवंग ( lavaṅga )
Minangkabau: cangkeh
Nepali: ल्वाङ ( lwāṅ )
Ngazidja Comorian: karanfu
Norman: cliou d'giroufl'ye m ( Jersey ) , cllaou d'girouflle m ( Guernsey ) , cllou de girouflle m ( continental Normandy )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nellik m
Nynorsk: nellik m
Occitan: clavèl de giròfle (oc) m
Odia: ଲବଙ୍ଗ (or) ( lôbôṅgô )
Oromo: qurunfudii
Pashto: لونګ ( lawong )
Persian: قرنفل (fa) ( qaranfol )
Polish: goździk (pl) m
Portuguese: cravo (pt) m , cravo-da-índia (pt) , cravinho (pt) m , girofle m
Romanian: cuișoare (ro) pl
Russian: гвозди́ка (ru) f ( gvozdíka )
Sanskrit: लवंग (sa) n ( lavaṃga )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: каранфилић m , клинчић m
Roman: karanfilić m , klinčić m
Slovene: klinček m , nageljnova žbica f
Somali: dhaga yare
Spanish: clavo de olor (es) m , clavo (es) m
Sundanese: ᮎᮨᮀᮊᮦᮂ ( cengkéh )
Swahili: karafuu
Swedish: kryddnejlika (sv) c
Tagalog: kalabumpako , klabos
Tamil: கிராம்பு (ta) ( kirāmpu )
Telugu: లవంగము (te) ( lavaṅgamu )
Ternate: bualawa
Thai: กานพลู (th) ( gaan-pluu )
Tibetan: ལི་ཤི། ( li shi )
Turkish: karanfil (tr)
Ottoman Turkish: قرنفل ( karanfil )
Ukrainian: гвозди́ка f ( hvozdýka )
Vietnamese: đinh hương
Welsh: clof m or f , clofsen f , clowsen f
West Flemish: kruudnoagel
Wolof: djirofe
Yiddish: נעגעלע n ( negele )
Etymology 2
Peeled cloves of garlic
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
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
Translations
constitutive bulb of garlic
Arabic: فَصّ m ( faṣṣ )
Egyptian Arabic: فص m ( faṣ )
Armenian: պճեղ (hy) ( pčeġ , literally “ hoof ” )
Bulgarian: скили́дка f ( skilídka )
Catalan: all (ca) m
Chinese:
Cantonese: 粒 ( lap1 or nap1 ) , 瓣 ( faan6 or baan6 )
Mandarin: 瓣 (zh) ( bàn )
Czech: stroužek (cs) m
Danish: fed n
Dutch: teen (nl) m ( literally “ toe ” )
Finnish: kynsi (fi) ( literally “ nail ” )
French: gousse (fr) f
Galician: dente (gl) ( literally “ tooth ” )
German: Zehe (de) f ( literally “ toe ” ) , Knoblauchzehe (de) f
Greek: σκελίδα (el) f ( skelída )
Ancient: γελγίς f ( gelgís )
Hebrew: שֵׁן שׁוּם m ( shen shum ) , שִׁנֵּי שׁוּם m pl ( shinéy shum )
Hungarian: gerezd (hu)
Icelandic: geiri (is) m
Indonesian: siung (id)
Irish: ionga (ga) f ( literally “ nail ” )
Italian: spicchio (it) m
Latvian: daiva f
Macedonian: чешне n ( češne )
Mongolian: хумс (mn) ( xums , literally “ nail ” )
Norman: gousse f ( Jersey )
Norwegian: fedd n
Old English: clufu f
Polish: ząbek (pl) n
Portuguese: dente (pt) ( literally “ tooth ” )
Romanian: cățel (ro) m ( literally “ puppy ” )
Russian: зубо́к (ru) m ( zubók , literally “ tooth ” ) , до́лька (ru) f ( dólʹka , literally “ segment ” ) ( чеснока́ )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: че̏шањ m ( Croatia, Bosnia ) , че̏н ( Serbia ) , чесно n , чехно n
Roman: čȅšanj (sh) m ( Croatia, Bosnia ) , čȅn ( Serbia ) , česno n , čehno (sh) n
Spanish: diente (es) m ( literally “ tooth ” )
Swedish: klyfta (sv) c
Telugu: పాయ (te) ( pāya )
Turkish: diş (tr)
Ukrainian: зубо́к m ( zubók ) ( literally “little tooth” )
Etymology 3
Verb
clove
simple past of cleave
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Etymology 4
Borrowed from Dutch kloof .
Noun
clove (plural cloves )
( geography ) A narrow valley with steep sides, used in areas of North America first settled by the Dutch
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Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English clufu , from Proto-West Germanic *klubu , from Proto-Germanic *klubō , related to cleven .
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
clove (plural cloves )
clove ( bulb of garlic )
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Etymology 2
From Old French clou de girofle .
Noun
clove
Alternative form of clowe
Etymology 3
From Old English clofen , past participle of clēofan .
Noun
clove
Alternative form of cloven
Etymology 4
From Old English clēaf , 1st- and 3rd- person simple past singular of clēofan , with the vowel from the past participle.
Verb
clove
simple past singular of cleven ( “ to split ” )