different between claves vs clades

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin American Spanish claves (plural), from Latin cl?vis (“a key; a lever, bar”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kle?vz/, /kl??vz/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kl??ve?z/, /kle?vz/
• Rhymes: -e?vz, -??vz

Noun

claves pl (normally plural, singular clave)

1. (music) A percussion instrument, consisting of two sticks or blocks, in which one is struck against the other in order to produce a sound.

Usage notes

One generally speaks of playing "the claves"; the singular form is seldom used.

Synonyms

• cleavers (Bahamas)

Translations

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?kle??viz/, /?kl??ve?z/

Noun

claves

1. plural of clavis

See also

• rhythm sticks

References

• “claves”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• “clave”, in Merriam–Webster Online Dictionary, (Please provide a date or year).

Anagrams

• Sclave, calves

Asturian

Verb

claves

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of clavar

Catalan

Verb

claves

1. second-person singular present indicative form of clavar

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Noun

cl?v?s

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of cl?vis

Portuguese

Noun

claves

1. plural of clave

Spanish

Noun

claves f pl

1. plural of clave

Verb

claves

1. Informal second-person singular (tú) present subjunctive form of clavar.

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -e?dz

Noun

clades

1. plural of clade

Anagrams

• Cadles, cadels, decals, scaled

Catalan

Noun

clades

1. plural of clade

French

Noun

clades m

1. plural of clade

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *kl?h?d-, from *kelh?- (“to beat, break”). Cognate with Proto-Celtic *kladiwos, Ancient Greek ?????? (kládos), Proto-Balto-Slavic *kol?- (“to beat”) (compare Lithuanian kálti (“to hammer”), Old Church Slavonic ????? (klati, “to stab”)), Old English hild (“war, battle”). Related to Latin percell?, procella.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kla?.de?s/, [?k??ä?d?e?s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kla.des/, [?kl??d??s]

Noun

cl?d?s f (genitive cl?dis); third declension

1. a breaking
2. destruction, disaster

Declension

Third-declension noun (i-stem).

References

• clades in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• clades in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• clades in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• clades in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.