different between clique vs junto

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French clique, ultimately of imitative origin. Influenced by "claque", though this may have happened in French rather than in English.

Pronunciation

• (UK)
  • IPA^(key): /kli?k/
    • Rhymes: -i?k
• (US)
  • IPA^(key): /kli?k/
    • Rhymes: -i?k
  • IPA^(key): /?kl?k/
    • Homophones: click, klick
    • Rhymes: -?k

Noun

clique (plural cliques)

1. A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.

   This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques.

   • 1931, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Five Red Herrings

     There had been talk of some disagreement about a picture, but in Sir Maxwell's experience, artists frequently disagreed about pictures, with no more consequences than a little cold-shouldering or the formation of a clique.

2. (graph theory) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.

   The problem of finding the largest clique in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete.

3. (Internet) A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.
   • 1999, "Jackie", someone help me out? (on newsgroup alt.fan.leo-dicaprio)

     Does anyone know what an internet clique is/does? I came across a few and am thoroughly confused.

   • 2000, "- deanna -", ot: hiya (on newsgroup alt.fan.backstreet.boys)

     even though we're not "regulars" anymore...*sniffle*...we still can't forget the NG...i always tell new fans about it...(people who join my clique, etc...)...and besides...i owe the NG a LOT...itz where i met my best friend...

   • 2001, "spee2k", future no doubt website.... (on newsgroup alt.music.no-doubt)

     you always have to click some big section and you get a whole new set of options in a different frame, thats^[sic] usually on the other side of the screen. when you're there, you can choose from (in a section site stuff or something like that) link me, link you, links, top 10 links, free for all links, cliques, and webrings.

Synonyms

• (small, exclusive group): coterie, ingroup, inner circle, camp

Derived terms

Related terms

• cliquey

Translations

Verb

clique (third-person singular simple present cliques, present participle cliquing, simple past and past participle cliqued)

1. (intransitive) To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.

Usage notes

• Often used in the form clique together.

See also

• clique on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowing from French clique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klik/
• Hyphenation: cli?que
• Rhymes: -ik

Noun

clique f (plural cliques)

1. Alternative spelling of kliek (“clique, coterie”).
2. (graph theory) clique, subgraph

French

Etymology

Old French cliquer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klik/
• Homophones: clic, clics, cliquent, cliques
• Rhymes: -ik

Noun

clique f (plural cliques)

1. clique

Derived terms

• prendre ses cliques et ses claques

Descendants

Verb

clique

1. first-person singular present indicative of cliquer
2. third-person singular present indicative of cliquer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of cliquer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of cliquer
5. second-person singular imperative of cliquer

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French clique.

Noun

clique m (plural cliques)

1. clique (small, exclusive group of people)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English click.

Noun

clique m (plural cliques)

1. click (sharp sound)
2. (phonetics) (click)
3. click (the act of pressing a button)
4. light-bulb moment

Verb

clique

first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of clicar

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of clicar
2. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of clicar
3. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of clicar

References

Spanish

Verb

clique

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

English

Etymology

Erroneous adaptation of junta, by assimilation with Spanish nouns in -o.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?d??n.t??/, /?d??n.t??/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??n.to?/

Noun

junto (plural juntos or juntoes)

1. A group of men assembled for some common purpose; a club, or cabal.
   • 1844, Edgar Allan Poe, ‘The Premature Burial’:

     I was seized and shaken without ceremony, for several minutes, by a junto of very rough-looking individuals.

Anagrams

• Jotun, Jötun, Tounj, jotun, jötun

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /???.tu/
• Hyphenation: jun?to

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese junto, from Latin i?nctus.

Adjective

junto m (feminine singular junta, masculine plural juntos, feminine plural juntas, not comparable)

1. together

Alternative forms

• j?to (obsolete, abbreviation)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:junto.

Derived terms

• juntamente

Related terms

• juntar

Adverb

junto (not comparable)

1. together (at the same time, in the same place)

   Synonym: juntamente

2. near, next

   Synonyms: ao pé, ao lado, à beira, perto

Alternative forms

• j?to (obsolete, abbreviation)

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:junto.

Derived terms

• junto com

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

junto

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of juntar

Further reading

• “junto” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xunto/, [?x?n?.t?o]

Etymology 1

From Latin i?nctus (“joined, united”).

Adjective

junto (feminine junta, masculine plural juntos, feminine plural juntas)

1. together
2. joined
3. next to

Adverb

junto

1. together

2. (all) together, (in) total

Preposition

junto

1. next to, together with, alongside (+ a)

2. along with, together with, alongside (+ con)
3. in conjunction with (+ con)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

junto

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of juntar.

Further reading

• “junto” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.