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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
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parentage
English
Etymology
From Middle French, from Old French parentage
Noun
parentage (countable and uncountable, plural parentages)
- The identity and nature of one's parents, and in particular, the legitimacy of one's birth.
- The social quality of one's class in society.
- 1608, Shakespeare, Pericles, Act 5, Scene 1:
- My fortunes parentage — good parentage — To equal mine! — was it not thus? What say you?
- 1608, Shakespeare, Pericles, Act 5, Scene 1:
- (figuratively) Origin; derivation.
Related terms
- parentship
- parentdom
Translations
Anagrams
- pageanter
Old French
Etymology
parent +? -age
Noun
parentage m (oblique plural parentages, nominative singular parentages, nominative plural parentage)
- bloodline, heritage
- Jeo sui de bon parentage - I am of noble birth
Synonyms
- parenté
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