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clan
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Irish clann (“offspring, children of the family”) and Scottish Gaelic clann, both from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta (“shoot, offspring”). Doublet of plant.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klæn/
- Rhymes: -æn
Noun
clan (plural clans)
- (anthropology) A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
- Coordinate term: lineage
- Hyponym: descent group
- A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain
- Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity.
- 1923, P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves:
- As a rule, you see, I'm not lugged into Family Rows. On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James's letter about Cousin Mabel's peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle... the clan has a tendency to ignore me.
- 1923, P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves:
- (video games) A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.
- A badger colony.
Derived terms
- clannish
- matriclan
- patriclan
Descendants
- ? Catalan: clan
- ? Dutch: clan
- ? French: clan
- ? Galician: clan
- ? German: Clan
- ? Italian: clan
- ? Portuguese: clan, clã
- ? Spanish: clan
Translations
Anagrams
- Lanc, NLCA, NaCl
Catalan
Noun
clan m (plural clans)
- clan
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English clan, from Scottish Gaelic clann (“progeny, race”), from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta (“shoot, offspring”). As such, it is a doublet of plant (“plant, flora”).
Pronunciation
- (Netherlands) IPA(key): /kl?n/
- Hyphenation: clan
- Rhymes: -?n
Noun
clan m (plural clans, diminutive clannetje n)
- clan, kin group, esp. in relation to the Scottish Highlands or Scotland in general
- (gaming) a group of gamers playing on the same team, a clan
Descendants
- Afrikaans: clan
- ? Indonesian: klan
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English clan, Scottish Gaelic clann, ultimately from Latin planta, and therefore a doublet of plante.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kl??/
Noun
clan m (plural clans)
- clan
Further reading
- “clan” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Noun
clan m (plural clans)
- clan
Synonyms
- (clan): tribo
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English clan.
Noun
clan m (invariable)
- clan
- team
- gang
Portuguese
Noun
clan m (plural clans)
- Alternative spelling of clã
Romanian
Etymology
From French clan.
Noun
clan n (plural clanuri)
- clan
Declension
Spanish
Etymology
Borrowed from English clan. Doublet of planta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?klan/, [?klãn]
Noun
clan m (plural clanes)
- clan
clan From the web:
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- what clan is jiraiya from
- what clan is kakashi from
- what clan is naruto in
- what clan is minato from
- what clan is rock lee from
- what clan is tenten from
- what clan is itachi in
genealogy
English
Wikiversity
Alternative forms
- geneology (common misspelling)
Etymology
From Old French genealogie (Modern French généalogie), from Late Latin genealogia, from Ancient Greek ?????????? (genealogía), from ????? (geneá, “generation, descent”) and -????? (-logía, “study of”)
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?d?ini??l?d?i/, /?d?ini?æl?d?i/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?d?i?ni?æl?d?i/, (sometimes proscribed) /?d?i?ni??l?d?i/
- Hyphenation: ge?ne?al?o?gy
Noun
genealogy (countable and uncountable, plural genealogies)
- (countable) The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
- (countable) A record or table of such descent; a family tree.
- (uncountable) The study, and formal recording of such descents.
Synonyms
- pedigree
Related terms
- genealogical
- genealogically
- genealogist
Translations
See also
- family history
- lineage
genealogy From the web:
- what genealogy means
- what genealogy software works with ancestry
- what genealogy site is best
- what genealogy programs sync with ancestry.com
- what genealogy sites are free
- what genealogy means in spanish
- what genealogy is used for
- what genealogy does
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