klan

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See also: Klan, klán, and klän

English

Proper noun

the klan

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Klan
    • 2009 January 30, “Obama presidency 'ignites Ku Klux Klan'”, in Herald Sun:
      "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

  1. Hard mutation of glan.

Danish

Etymology

From English clan.

Pronunciation

Noun

klan c (singular definite klanen, plural indefinite klaner)

  1. clan

Inflection

Further reading

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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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

Noun

klan (first-person possessive klanku, second-person possessive klanmu, third-person possessive klannya)

  1. clan

Alternative forms

Further reading

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic clann, via English clan.

Noun

klan m (definite singular klanen, indefinite plural klaner, definite plural klanene)

  1. a clan

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic clann, via English clan.

Noun

klan m (definite singular klanen, indefinite plural klanar, definite plural klanane)

  1. a clan

References

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from English clan, from Scottish Gaelic clann, from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klan/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -an
  • Syllabification: klan

Noun

klan m inan (diminutive klanik)

  1. (literary) clan (group of people all descended from a common ancestor)
    Synonym: ród
  2. (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
  3. (historical) clan (traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain)
  4. (literary) clique (group of people)
    Synonyms: klika, koteria, sitwa

Declension

Derived terms

adjective
noun

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)

  1. masculine singular passive past participle of klȁti

Swedish

Noun

klan c

  1. a clan
    • 2016, Sinan (lyrics and music), “Stockholm city”‎:
      Alla har sin bas, och alla har sin klan. Skjuter mot varandra som i Afghanistan.
      Everyone has their base, and everyone has their clan. Shooting at each other like in Afghanistan.

Declension

Declension of klan 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative klan klanen klaner klanerna
Genitive klans klanens klaners klanernas

References

Turkish

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Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish (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)

  1. (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)
    Synonyms: aşiret, boy, kabile
  2. (historical) clan (traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain)

Declension

Inflection
Nominative klan
Definite accusative klanı
Singular Plural
Nominative klan klanlar
Definite accusative klanı klanları
Dative klana klanlara
Locative klanda klanlarda
Ablative klandan klanlardan
Genitive klanın klanların