clou
English
Etymology
From FrenchCategory:English terms borrowed from French#CLOUCategory:English terms derived from French#CLOU clou. Doublet of cloveCategory:English doublets#CLOU.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kluː/Category:English 1-syllable words#CLOUCategory:English terms with IPA pronunciation#CLOU
Category:English terms with audio pronunciation#CLOUAudio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -uːCategory:Rhymes:English/uː#CLOUCategory:Rhymes:English/uː/1 syllable#CLOU
- Homophones: clue, clewCategory:English terms with homophones#CLOU
Noun
clou (plural clous)Category:English lemmas#CLOUCategory:English nouns#CLOUCategory:English countable nouns#CLOUCategory:English entries with incorrect language header#CLOUCategory:Pages with entries#CLOUCategory:Pages with 11 entries#CLOU
- Something which holds the greatest attention; the chief point of interest.
- 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:
- But had he not refused her the wherewithal to remember him—the pearls she needed as the clou of her dear collection, the great relic among relics?Category:English terms with quotations#CLOU
- 1994, Richard Abel, The Ciné Goes to Town: French Cinema, 1896-1914, page 70:
- Partly because they were constructed of multiple shot-scenes and recorded exclusively in LS, their elaborate decors acquired an even more privileged role — as tableaux and clous of spectacle — much in the manner of late nineteenth-century French stage productions […]Category:English terms with quotations#CLOU
Anagrams
Catalan
Pronunciation
Verb
clouCategory:Catalan non-lemma forms#CLOUCategory:Catalan verb forms#CLOUCategory:Catalan entries with incorrect language header#CLOUCategory:Pages with entries#CLOUCategory:Pages with 11 entries#CLOU
- inflection of cloure:
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Dutch terms borrowed from French#CLOUCategory:Dutch terms derived from French#CLOU clou.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klu/Category:Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation#CLOU
Category:Dutch terms with audio pronunciation#CLOUAudio: (file) - Hyphenation: clou
- Rhymes: -uCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/u#CLOUCategory:Rhymes:Dutch/u/1 syllable#CLOU
Noun
clou m (plural clous, no diminutive)Category:Dutch lemmas#CLOUCategory:Dutch nouns#CLOUCategory:Dutch nouns with plural in -s#CLOUCategory:Dutch entries with incorrect language header#CLOUCategory:Dutch masculine nouns#CLOUCategory:Pages with entries#CLOUCategory:Pages with 11 entries#CLOU
Synonyms
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Finnish terms borrowed from French#CLOUCategory:Finnish terms derived from French#CLOU clou.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkluː/, [ˈkluː]Category:Finnish 1-syllable words#CLOUCategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#CLOU
- IPA(key): /ˈklou̯/, [ˈklo̞u̯]Category:Finnish 1-syllable words#CLOUCategory:Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation#CLOU
- Rhymes: -uːCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/uː#CLOUCategory:Rhymes:Finnish/uː/1 syllable#CLOUCategory:fi-pronunciation missing automatic hyphenation#CLOU
Noun
clouCategory:Finnish lemmas#CLOUCategory:Finnish nouns#CLOUCategory:Finnish terms spelled with C#CLOUCategory:Finnish entries with incorrect language header#CLOUCategory:Pages with entries#CLOUCategory:Pages with 11 entries#CLOU
- highlight (high point of an occasion, press release etc.)
Declension
| Inflection of clou (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | clou | clout | |
| genitive | cloun | clouiden clouitten | |
| partitive | clouta | clouita | |
| illative | clouhun | clouihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | clou | clout | |
| accusative | nom. | clou | clout |
| gen. | cloun | ||
| genitive | cloun | clouiden clouitten | |
| partitive | clouta | clouita | |
| inessive | cloussa | clouissa | |
| elative | clousta | clouista | |
| illative | clouhun | clouihin | |
| adessive | cloulla | clouilla | |
| ablative | cloulta | clouilta | |
| allative | cloulle | clouille | |
| essive | clouna | clouina | |
| translative | clouksi | clouiksi | |
| abessive | cloutta | clouitta | |
| instructive | — | clouin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Synonyms
Further reading
- “clou”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old FrenchCategory:French terms inherited from Old French#CLOUCategory:French terms derived from Old French#CLOU clou, from LatinCategory:French terms inherited from Latin#CLOUCategory:French terms derived from Latin#CLOU clāvus, from Proto-ItalicCategory:French terms inherited from Proto-Italic#CLOUCategory:French terms derived from Proto-Italic#CLOU *klāwos, from Proto-Indo-EuropeanCategory:French terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#CLOU *kleh₂u-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klu/Category:French 1-syllable words#CLOUCategory:French terms with IPA pronunciation#CLOU
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CLOUAudio: (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CLOUAudio (Switzerland (Valais)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CLOUAudio (France (Paris)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CLOUAudio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CLOUAudio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CLOUAudio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CLOUAudio (France (Lyon)): (file)
Category:French terms with audio pronunciation#CLOUAudio (France (Somain)): (file) - Rhymes: -uCategory:Rhymes:French/u#CLOUCategory:Rhymes:French/u/1 syllable#CLOU
Noun
clou m (plural clous)Category:French lemmas#CLOUCategory:French nouns#CLOUCategory:French countable nouns#CLOUCategory:French entries with incorrect language header#CLOUCategory:French masculine nouns#CLOUCategory:Pages with entries#CLOUCategory:Pages with 11 entries#CLOU
- nail (metal pin)
- clove (of garlic)
- (figurative) highlight, climax
- (usually in the plural, des clous) not likely, no way, you'll be so lucky
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “clou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Italian terms borrowed from French#CLOUCategory:Italian terms derived from French#CLOU clou. Doublet of chiavoCategory:Italian doublets#CLOU.
Pronunciation
Noun
clou m (invariable)Category:Italian lemmas#CLOUCategory:Italian nouns#CLOUCategory:Italian countable nouns#CLOUCategory:Italian indeclinable nouns#CLOUCategory:Italian entries with incorrect language header#CLOUCategory:Italian masculine nouns#CLOUCategory:Pages with entries#CLOUCategory:Pages with 11 entries#CLOU
- (also relationalCategory:Italian relational adjectives#CLOU) highlight (high point of an occasion)
- la mossa clou della partita ― the standout move of the matchCategory:Italian terms with usage examples#CLOU
Anagrams
Manx
Alternative forms
Etymology
Category:Manx terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#CLOUCategory:Manx terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *glewbʰ-#CLOUFrom Classical GaelicCategory:Manx terms derived from Classical Gaelic#CLOU clobh, clobhadh,[1] from Middle IrishCategory:Manx terms inherited from Middle Irish#CLOUCategory:Manx terms derived from Middle Irish#CLOU cloba,[2] from Old NorseCategory:Manx terms derived from Old Norse#CLOU klof (“fissure”)[3] and/or klofi (“fork in a river”),[4] from the root of Old NorseCategory:Manx terms derived from Old Norse#CLOU *kleubaną (“to split, cleave”). Cognate with Irish tlú and Scottish Gaelic clobha.
Pronunciation
Noun
clou m (genitive singular clou, plural cloughyn)Category:Manx lemmas#CLOUCategory:Manx nouns#CLOUCategory:Manx entries with incorrect language header#CLOUCategory:Manx masculine nouns#CLOUCategory:Pages with entries#CLOUCategory:Pages with 11 entries#CLOU
Mutation
References
- ↑ Gregory Toner, Sharon Arbuthnot, Máire Ní Mhaonaigh, Marie-Luise Theuerkauf, Dagmar Wodtko, editors (2019), “clobae”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- ↑ Marstrander, Carl J. S. (1915), Bidrag til det norske sprogs historie i Irland (in Norwegian), Kristiania: Jacob Dybwad, page 132
- ↑ Farren, Robert (3 December 2014) Old Norse loanwords in modern Irish: Semantic domains, polysemy and causes of semantic change (Bachelor thesis), Lund University, page 46
- ↑ MacBain, Alexander; Mackay, Eneas (1911), “clobha”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language, Stirling, →ISBN, page 89
Middle English
Noun
clouCategory:Middle English alternative forms#CLOUCategory:Middle English entries with incorrect language header#CLOUCategory:Pages with entries#CLOUCategory:Pages with 11 entries#CLOU
- alternative form of clough
Polish
Etymology
Category:Polish terms derived from Middle French#CLOUCategory:Polish terms derived from Old French#CLOUCategory:Polish terms derived from Latin#CLOUCategory:Polish terms derived from Proto-Italic#CLOUCategory:Polish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European#CLOUUnadapted borrowing from FrenchCategory:Polish terms borrowed from French#CLOUCategory:Polish unadapted borrowings from French#CLOUCategory:Polish terms derived from French#CLOU clou.
Pronunciation
Noun
clou n (indeclinable)Category:Polish lemmas#CLOUCategory:Polish nouns#CLOUCategory:Polish indeclinable nouns#CLOUCategory:Polish entries with incorrect language header#CLOUCategory:Polish neuter nouns#CLOUCategory:Pages with entries#CLOUCategory:Pages with 11 entries#CLOU
- clou (something which holds the greatest attention; the chief point of interest)
Further reading
- clou in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from FrenchCategory:Romanian terms borrowed from French#CLOUCategory:Romanian terms derived from French#CLOU clou.
Noun
clou n (plural clou-uri)Category:Romanian lemmas#CLOUCategory:Romanian nouns#CLOUCategory:Romanian nouns with red links in their headword lines#CLOUCategory:Romanian countable nouns#CLOUCategory:Romanian entries with incorrect language header#CLOUCategory:Romanian neuter nouns#CLOUCategory:Pages with entries#CLOUCategory:Pages with 11 entries#CLOU
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | clou | clouul | clou-uri | clou-urile |
| genitive-dative | clou | clouului | clou-uri | clou-urilor |
| vocative | clouule | clou-urilor | ||
Welsh
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Adjective
clou (feminine singular clou, plural clou, equative cloued, comparative clouach, superlative clouaf)Category:Welsh lemmas#CLOUCategory:Welsh adjectives#CLOUCategory:Welsh entries with incorrect language header#CLOUCategory:Pages with entries#CLOUCategory:Pages with 11 entries#CLOUCategory:Welsh adjectives with red links in their headword lines#CLOUCategory:Welsh adjectives with red links in their headword lines#CLOUCategory:Welsh adjectives with red links in their headword lines#CLOU
- (South WalesCategory:South Wales Welsh#CLOU, colloquialCategory:Welsh colloquialisms#CLOU) pronunciation spelling of clau (“fast, quick”)Category:Welsh pronunciation spellings#CLOU.
Synonyms
Mutation
Further reading
- D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “clou”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin