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Danish
Noun
klos
- indefinite genitive singular of klo
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klɔs/
- Hyphenation: klos
- Rhymes: -ɔs
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch closse.
Noun
klos m (plural klossen, diminutive klosje n)
- spool, bobbin
- wooden or metal reel or similar object
- hardwood beam for sewing into planks, notably oak
- (slang) testicle
- klutz, clumsy person
- target, victim (of a problem or joke)
- lump, clod
- cocoon, chrysalis
- corn cob
- fir-cone
- horse's (lower) legs; protuberance thereupon
Synonyms
- (spool, bobbin): spoel, bobbijn
- (testicle): kloot, teelbal, testikel
- (klutz): klungel, knoeier, lomperd, lomperik
- (target, victim): dupe, kind van de rekening, sigaar, slachtoffer
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Descendants
Etymology 2
An onomatopoeia.
Interjection
klos
- The sound of clumsily placed, heavy footwear.
Etymology 3
Unknown
Noun
klos ? (plural klossen, diminutive klosje n)
- (clarification of this definition is needed) A certain spirit (drink)
Anagrams
Swedish
Noun
klos
- indefinite genitive singular of klo
Anagrams
Tok Pisin
Etymology
From English clothes.
Noun
klos
- clothing
1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:21:
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