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clique
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
- IPA(key): /kli?k/
- (US)
- IPA(key): /kli?k/
- Rhymes: -i?k
- IPA(key): /?kl?k/
- Homophones: click, klick
- Rhymes: -?k
- IPA(key): /kli?k/
Noun
clique (plural cliques)
- 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.
- (graph theory) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.
- The problem of finding the largest clique in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete.
- (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.
- 1999, "Jackie", someone help me out? (on newsgroup alt.fan.leo-dicaprio)
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)
- (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)
- Alternative spelling of kliek (“clique, coterie”).
- (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)
- clique
Derived terms
- prendre ses cliques et ses claques
Descendants
Verb
clique
- first-person singular present indicative of cliquer
- third-person singular present indicative of cliquer
- first-person singular present subjunctive of cliquer
- third-person singular present subjunctive of cliquer
- 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)
- clique (small, exclusive group of people)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English click.
Noun
clique m (plural cliques)
- click (sharp sound)
- (phonetics) (click)
- click (the act of pressing a button)
- light-bulb moment
Verb
clique
first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of clicar
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of clicar
- third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of clicar
- third-person singular (você) negative imperative of clicar
References
Spanish
Verb
clique
- First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of clicar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of clicar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present subjunctive form of clicar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of clicar.
clique From the web:
- what clique am i
- what clique does heather belong to
- what clique am i quiz
- what cliques are there in high school
- what clique character are you
- what clique would you be in buzzfeed
- what clique means
- what social clique am i
province
English
Etymology
From Middle English provynce, from Anglo-Norman province, Middle French province, from Latin pr?vincia (“territory brought under Roman domination; official duty, office, charge, province”), from Proto-Indo-European *pr?w- (“right judge, master”). Cognate with Gothic ???????????????????????? (frauja, “lord, master”), Old English fr?a (“ruler, lord, king, master”). See also frow.
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /?p??v?ns/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?p??v?ns/
Noun
province (plural provinces)
- A region of the earth or of a continent; a district or country. [from 14th c.]
- 1859, Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species:
- We should find, as we do find, some groups of beings greatly, and some only slightly modified […] in the different great geographical provinces of the world.
- 1859, Charles Darwin, The Origin of Species:
- An administrative subdivision of certain countries, including Canada and China. [from 14th c.]
- 2016, The Guardian, 4 May:
- All of Fort McMurray, with the exception of Parson’s Creek, was under a mandatory evacuation order on Tuesday, said Robin Smith, press secretary for the regional municipality of Wood Buffalo in the Canadian province [of Alberta].
- 2016, The Guardian, 4 May:
- (Roman history) An area outside Italy which is administered by a Roman governor. [from 14th c.]
- 2008, Mark Brown, The Guardian, 28 November:
- He reminded his audience of events in 88BC, when the same Mithridates invaded the Roman province of Asia, on the western coast of Turkey.
- 2008, Mark Brown, The Guardian, 28 November:
- (Christianity) An area under the jurisdiction of an archbishop, typically comprising a number of adjacent dioceses. [from 14th c.]
- 1838, The Churchman, p. 44:
- In 1309, neither the Archbishop of Canterbury nor his suffragans would attend in Parliament while the Archbishop of York had the cross borne erect before him in the province of Canterbury.
- 1838, The Churchman, p. 44:
- (Roman Catholicism) An area under the jurisdiction of a provincial within a monastic order.
- (in the plural, chiefly with definite article) The parts of a country outside its capital city. [from 17th c.]
- 1937, The Guardian, 1 April:
- To-day the first part of the new Indian Constitution comes into force with the granting of a large measure of autonomy to the provinces.
- 1937, The Guardian, 1 April:
- An area of activity, responsibility or knowledge; the proper concern of a particular person or concept. [from 17th c.]
- 1984, Dorothee Sölle, The Strength of the Weak: Toward a Christian Feminist Identity, page 37:
- Just as money is the province of the economy and truth the province of science and scholarship, so love is the province of the family (Niklas Luhmann).
- 1984, Dorothee Sölle, The Strength of the Weak: Toward a Christian Feminist Identity, page 37:
Usage notes
Province is the generic English term for such primary divisions of a country, but is not used where another official term has widespread use, such as France's regions and departments, Switzerland's cantons, or America's and Australia's states. Territories and colonies are sometimes distinguished from provinces as unorganized areas of low or foreign population, which are not considered an integral part of the country. Sovereign subdivisions of a larger whole, such as the principalities of the former Holy Roman Empire or the countries with the European Union, are likewise not usually described as provinces.
Synonyms
- (principal subdivision of a state): circuit, tao, dao, route, lu (imperial and early Republican China)
Coordinate terms
- canton (Swiss); county (British); department (French); oblast (Russian); state (USA, Australian); voivodeship (Poland)
- shire
- territory
Derived terms
- provincehood
- Provincetown
- provincewide
Related terms
- provincial
Descendants
- Tok Pisin: provins
Translations
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin pr?vincia. Doublet of Provence.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /p??.v??s/
Noun
province f (plural provinces)
- province
- the countryside (of France), the French regions (other than the Parisian region), provincial France
Related terms
- provincial
Further reading
- “province” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
province f pl
- plural of provincia
Synonyms
- provincie
Middle English
Noun
province
- Alternative form of provynce
Middle French
Noun
province f (plural provinces)
- province (subdivision of a territory)
Descendants
- French: province
- ? Middle English: provynce, provynse, province, provyns
- English: province
- Tok Pisin: provins
- Scots: province
- English: province
References
- province on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)
Old French
Alternative forms
- provinz, pruvince
Noun
province f (oblique plural provinces, nominative singular province, nominative plural provinces)
- province (subdivision of a territory)
Descendants
- Middle French: province
- French: province
- ? Middle English: provynce, provynse, province, provyns
- English: province
- Tok Pisin: provins
- Scots: province
- English: province
- Norman: provînche, provinche
References
- province on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (province, supplement)
Walloon
Noun
province f (plural provinces)
- province
province From the web:
- what province is toronto in
- what province is montreal in
- what province is ottawa in
- what province is vancouver in
- what province am i in
- what province is calgary in
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