different between clique vs theatre

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

From Middle English theater, theatre, from Old French theatre, from Latin theatrum, from Ancient Greek ??????? (théatron, “a place for viewing”), from ??????? (theáomai, “to see", "to watch", "to observe”).

Pronunciation

• like theater

• Hyphenation: thea?tre
• Hyphenation: the?a?tre

Noun

theatre (countable and uncountable, plural theatres)

1. (chiefly Australia, Canada, New Zealand, Britain) Alternative spelling of theater

Usage notes

• The spelling theatre is the main spelling in British English, with theater being rare.
• The spelling theater is the predominant American spelling; it accounts for about 80% of usage in COCA (the major corpus of American English). People who work in the theatre industry in the United States, however, usually use the spelling "theatre", especially when writing about the art-form while retaining "theater" to write about the location. The spelling is also used often in advertising.

Translations

Anagrams

• hat tree, hattree, teareth, tethera, theater, thereat

Middle English

Noun

theatre

1. Alternative form of theater

Middle French

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

theatre m (plural theatres)

1. theatre

Old French

Noun

theatre m (oblique plural theatres, nominative singular theatres, nominative plural theatre)

1. Alternative form of teatre