different between clique vs union
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
union
English
Etymology
From Middle English unyoun, from Old French union, from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?ju?n.j?n/, /?ju?.ni.?n/
Noun
union (countable and uncountable, plural unions)
- (countable) The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one.
- (countable) The state of being united or joined; a state of unity or harmony.
- (countable) That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league.
- (countable) A trade union; a workers' union.
- (countable) An association of students at a university for social and/or political purposes; also in some cases a debating body.
- (countable) A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, such as pipes.
- (countable, set theory) The set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.
- (countable) The act or state of marriage.
- (uncountable, archaic, euphemistic) Sexual intercourse.
- (countable, programming) A data structure that can store any of various types of item, but only one at a time.
- (countable, now rare, archaic) A large, high-quality pearl.
- (historical) An affiliation of several parishes for joint support and management of their poor; also the jointly-owned workhouse.
Synonyms
- junction, coalition, combination
Derived terms
Related terms
- reunion
- reunification
- unify
- unity
Translations
Verb
union (third-person singular simple present unions, present participle unioning, simple past and past participle unioned)
- To combine sets using the union operation.
See also
- intersection
- Wikipedia article about unions in set theory
Anagrams
- iunno
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /uni?o?n/
Noun
union c (singular definite unionen, plural indefinite unioner)
- union
Inflection
Derived terms
- personalunion
- realunion
Further reading
- “union” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “union” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”). Doublet of unie.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: u?ni?on
Noun
union m (plural unions)
- (US, obsolete) A trade union.
- Synonyms: syndicaat, vakbond
Esperanto
Noun
union
- accusative singular of unio
French
Etymology
From Old French union, borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y.nj??/
Noun
union f (plural unions)
- union
Derived terms
Descendants
- ? German: Union
Further reading
- “union” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Friulian
Noun
union f (plural unions)
- union
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Noun
union m (definite singular unionen, indefinite plural unioner, definite plural unionene)
- union (of a political nature)
Derived terms
- Sovjetunionen
References
- “union” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “union” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?n??u?n/
Noun
union m (definite singular unionen, indefinite plural unionar, definite plural unionane)
- union (a political entity consisting of two or more state that are united)
- (mathematics) union (the set containing all of the elements of two or more sets.)
Derived terms
- Sovjetunionen
References
- “union” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
Noun
union f (plural unions)
- union
Related terms
- unir
References
- "union" in Dicod'òc
Old French
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Proper noun
union f (nominative singular union)
- Trinity (God, Jesus and the Holy Spirit)
Synonyms
- Trinité
Descendants
- English: union
- French: union
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Spanish unión, ultimately from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Noun
union
- union
Piedmontese
Alternative forms
- üniun
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /y?nju?/
Noun
union f (plural union)
- union
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
Noun
union c
- union (a body with many members)
Declension
Derived terms
- unionsupplösning
See also
- fackförening
- federation
- förbund
- förening
- kår
- studentkår
Further reading
- union in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
Venetian
Etymology
Borrowed from Late Latin ?ni?, ?ni?nem (“oneness, unity”), from Latin ?nus (“one”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /u?njo?/
Noun
union f (invariable)
- union
Related terms
- unir
Welsh
Etymology
un (“one”) +? iawn (“right, correct”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??nj?n/
- Note: Despite being written as u, the vowel here is /?/ in all parts of Wales.
Adjective
union (feminine singular union, plural union, equative unioned, comparative unionach, superlative unionaf)
- exact
Derived terms
- unioni (“to straighten; to rectify, to redress”)
Mutation
union From the web:
- what union is ups
- what union was involved in the homestead strike
- what union was involved in the pullman strike
- what union means
- what union states allowed slavery
- what unions are there
- what union am i in
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