different between clavier vs claviger

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French clavier (“keyboard”), from Latin clavis (“key”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?klæv??(?)/, /kl??v??(?)/
• Rhymes: -æv??(?), -??(?)

Noun

clavier (plural claviers)

1. (music) The keyboard of an organ, pianoforte, or harmonium.

References

clavier in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• caliver, caviler, valeric, velaric

French

Etymology

Formed from the root of Latin cl?vis (whence French clef), with the suffix -ier. Cf. also Medieval Latin cl?v?rius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kla.vje/
• Rhymes: -e
• Homophone: claviers

Noun

clavier m (plural claviers)

1. keyboard (of a computer)
2. keyboard (musical instrument)
3. (archaic) keyring
4. (slang) mouth, teeth

Derived terms

• clavarder
• claviériste
• raccourci clavier

Descendants

• ? English: clavier
• ? German: Klavier
  • ? Romanian: clavir

Further reading

• “clavier” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology 1

Latin claviger, from clava (“club”) + gerere (“to carry”).

Noun

claviger (plural clavigers)

1. One who carries a club; a club bearer.

Derived terms

• clavigerous

Etymology 2

Latin cl?viger, from cl?vis (“key”) + gerere (“to carry”).

Noun

claviger (plural clavigers)

1. One who carries the keys to a place; a keyholder.

Anagrams

• cavegirl

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?kla?.u?i.?er/, [?k??ä?u????r]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?kla.vi.d??er/, [?kl??vid???r]

Etymology 1

cl?va (“club, cudgel”) +? -ger (“bearing”)

Adjective

cl?viger (feminine cl?vigera, neuter cl?vigerum); first/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er)

1. club-bearing

Usage notes

Used especially as an epithet of Hercules.

Declension

First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in -er).

Related terms

• cl?va

Etymology 2

cl?vis (“key”) +? -ger (“bearing”)

Noun

cl?viger m (genitive cl?viger?); second declension

1. the key-bearer

Usage notes

Used especially as an epithet of Janus, god of doors.

Declension

Second-declension noun (nominative singular in -er).

Related terms

• cl?vic?rius
• cl?vicula
• cl?vis

References

• cl?v?ger¹ in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• cl?v?ger² in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• claviger in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• claviger in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• claviger in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers