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clam
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klæm/
- (æ-tensing) IPA(key): [kle?m]
- Rhymes: -æm
Etymology 1
From Middle English clam (“pincers, vice, clamp”), from Old English clamm (“bond, fetter, grip, grasp”), from Proto-Germanic *klamjan? (“press, squeeze together”). The sense “dollar” may allude to wampum.
Noun
clam (plural clams)
- A bivalve mollusk of many kinds, especially those that are edible; for example the soft-shell clam (Mya arenaria), the hard clam (Mercenaria mercenaria), the sea clam or hen clam (Spisula solidissima), and other species. The name is said to have been given originally to the Tridacna gigas, a huge East Indian bivalve.
- Strong pincers or forceps.
- A kind of vise, usually of wood.
- (US, slang, chiefly in the plural) A dollar.
- (slang, derogatory) A Scientologist.
- (slang, vulgar) A vagina.
- (informal) One who clams up; a taciturn person, one who refuses to speak.
- (dated, US, slang) mouth (Now found mostly in the expression shut one's clam)
Derived terms
- bearded clam
- clambake
- clamshell
- clam chowder
- clam shack
- clam up
- happy as a clam
Translations
Verb
clam (third-person singular simple present clams, present participle clamming, simple past and past participle clammed)
- To dig for clams.
Translations
See also
- clammy
Etymology 2
Noun
clam (plural clams)
- A crash or clangor made by ringing all the bells of a chime at once.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Nares to this entry?)
Verb
clam (third-person singular simple present clams, present participle clamming, simple past and past participle clammed)
- To produce, in bellringing, a clam or clangor; to cause to clang.
- (Can we find and add a quotation of Nares to this entry?)
Etymology 3
From Middle English clammen (“to smear, bedaub”), from Old English cl?man (“to smear, bedaub”). Cognate with German klamm (“clammy”). See also clammy (“damp, cold and sticky”) and clem (“to adhere, stick, plug (a hole)”).
Adjective
clam (comparative clammer, superlative clammest)
- (obsolete) clammy.
- 1808, John Jamieson, An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language:
- Ice is said to be clam, when beginning to melt with the sun or otherwise, and not easy to be slid upon.
- 1808, John Jamieson, An Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language:
Noun
clam
- clamminess; moisture
- 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
- The clam of death.
- 1837, Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
Verb
clam (third-person singular simple present clams, present participle clamming, simple past and past participle clammed)
- To be moist or glutinous; to stick; to adhere.
- A chilling sweat , a damp of jealousy,
Hangs on my brows, and clams upon my limbs
- A chilling sweat , a damp of jealousy,
- To clog, as with glutinous or viscous matter.
Etymology 4
Noun
clam (plural clams)
- (rowing) Alternative form of CLAM
Anagrams
- ALCM, CAML, Caml, Malc, calm
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?klam/
- Rhymes: -am
Noun
clam m (plural clams)
- clamor
Synonyms
- clamor
Latin
Etymology
From Proto-Indo-European *?l-, zero-grade form of *?el- (“to hide, conceal”). Cognate to Latin c?l?.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /klam/, [k??ä??]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /klam/, [kl?m]
Adverb
clam (not comparable)
- clandestinely, secretly, privately
- stealthily
Derived terms
- clancul?
- clanculum
Related terms
- clancul?rius
- clandest?n?
- clandest?nus
Preposition
clam (+ accusative, ablative)
- (with accusative or, rarely, ablative) without the knowledge of, unknown to
- 163 B.C.E. Terence, Heauton Timorumenos, Act II, Scene II:
- Neque ade? clam m? est.
- Nor indeed is it unknown to me.
- Neque ade? clam m? est.
- 163 B.C.E. Terence, Heauton Timorumenos, Act II, Scene II:
References
- clam in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- clam in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- clam in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
- clam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Old English
Alternative forms
- (NE dialects) cloam
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kl??m/
Noun
cl?m m
- mud
Declension
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *klamos (“sick, leprous”). Cognate with Welsh claf (“sick, ill”).
Noun
clam m or f
- leper
Usage notes
The noun's gender depends on the leper's gender. If the leper is male, it is masculine. If the leper is female, it is feminine.
Inflection
Descendants
- Middle Irish: clam
Mutation
References
Further reading
- Gregory Toner, Maire Ní Mhaonaigh, Sharon Arbuthnot, Dagmar Wodtko, Maire-Luise Theuerkauf, editors (2019) , “clam”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
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clas
English
Noun
clas
- A Celtic monastery
Anagrams
- ACLS, ACLs, ALCS, ASLC, LCAs, Lacs, SLAC, lacs
Asturian
Alternative forms
- clase
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin classis.
Noun
clas f (plural clases)
- class
- kind
Scottish Gaelic
Noun
clas m (genitive singular clas, plural clasaichean)
- class
Synonyms
- (classroom): seòmar-teagaisg
Welsh
Etymology
Borrowed through Vulgar Latin or Ecclesiastical Latin from Latin classis (“armed forces, fleet; group, rank, class”). Cognate with Irish clas (“choir”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kla?s/
Noun
clas m (plural clasau)
- cloister
Mutation
References
- R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present) , “clas”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies
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