different between clave vs conclave

English

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kle?v/

Verb

clave

1. (archaic) simple past tense and past participle of cleave

   • And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

   • And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

Etymology 2

From Spanish clave, from Latin cl?vis (“key”). Doublet of clef.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?kl??ve?/

Noun

clave (plural claves)

1. singular of claves

Noun

clave (plural claves)

1. (music) A characteristic pattern of beats, especially the 3-2 son clave.

See also

• Clave (rhythm) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• calve

Asturian

Verb

clave

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of clavar

Italian

Noun

clave f

1. plural of clava

Anagrams

• calve

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kla?.u?e/, [?k??ä?u??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kla.ve/, [?kl??v?]

Noun

cl?ve

1. ablative singular of cl?vis

Noun

cl?ve

1. vocative singular of cl?vus

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cl?vis. Compare the inherited chave.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: cla?ve
• Rhymes: -avi, -av?

Noun

clave f (plural claves)

1. (music) clef (symbol)
2. juggling club

References

Spanish

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin cl?vis (“key”). Compare the inherited doublet llave.

Noun

clave f (plural claves)

1. (figuratively) key (to a problem or puzzle)
2. password

   Synonym: contraseña

3. code
4. (music) clef
5. (music) clave

Derived terms

Related terms

• llave

Descendants

• ? English: clave

Adjective

clave (plural clave or claves)

1. key (important)

   Synonym: importante

Derived terms

• palabra clave

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

clave

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of clavar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of clavar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of clavar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of clavar.

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French conclave, from Latin conclave (“room that may be locked up”), from con- (combining form of cum (“with”)) + cl?vis (“key”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?n.?kle?v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?n.kle?v/

Noun

conclave (plural conclaves)

1. The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.
2. The group of Roman Catholic cardinals locked in a conclave until they elect a new pope; the body of cardinals.
   • February 22, 1685, Robert South, a sermon preached at Westminster Abbey

     It was said a cardinal, by reason of his apparent likelihood to step into St. Peter's chair, that in two conclaves he went in pope and came out again cardinal.

3. A private meeting; a close or secret assembly.

Derived terms

• in conclave: engaged in a secret meeting; said of a group of people.

Related terms

• clave
• clavis

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conclave.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ko??kla.v?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ku??kla.b?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ko??kla.ve/

Noun

conclave m (plural conclaves)

1. conclave

   Synonym: conclau

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.klav/

Noun

conclave m (plural conclaves)

1. conclave

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conclave.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kon?kla.ve/

Noun

conclave m (plural conclavi)

1. conclave

Derived terms

• conclavista

Latin

Etymology

From con- +? cl?vis (key).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon?kla?.u?e/, [k???k??ä?u??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon?kla.ve/, [k???kl??v?]

Noun

concl?ve n (genitive concl?vis); third declension

1. room, chamber
2. enclosed space that can be locked
3. dining hall

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Descendants

• Catalan: conclave
• English: conclave
• French: conclave
• Italian: conclave
• Portuguese: conclave
• Russian: ???????? (konkláv)
• Spanish: cónclave

References

• conclave in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• conclave in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conclave in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• conclave in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• conclave in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conclave in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin