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clove
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kl??v/
- (General American) IPA(key): /klo?v/
- Rhymes: -??v
Etymology 1
From Middle English clove, an alteration of earlier clowe, borrowed from the first component of Old French clou (de girofle) (modern French clou de girofle), from Latin cl?vus (“nail”) for its shape. Also see cl?va (“knotty branch, club”). Doublet of clou.
Noun
clove (countable and uncountable, plural cloves)
- (uncountable, countable) A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
- (countable) A clove tree, of the species Syzygium aromaticum (syn. Caryophyllus aromaticus), native to the Moluccas (Indonesian islands), which produces the spice.
- (countable) An old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone.
- 1843, The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge p. 202.
- Seven pounds make a clove, 2 cloves a stone, 2 stone a tod 6 1?2 tods a wey, 2 weys a sack, 12 sacks a last. The 'Pathway' points out the etymology of the word cloves; it calls them ' claves or nails.' It is to be observed here that a sack is 13 tods, and a tod 28 pounds, so that the sack is 364 pounds.
- 1843, The Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge p. 202.
Derived terms
- clove camphor
- clove gillyflower
- clove pink (Dianthus caryophyllus)
Related terms
- cloy
- cloying
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English clove, from Old English clufu, from Proto-Germanic *klub?, related to cl?ofan (“to cleave, split”), hence with the verbal etymology hereafter.
Noun
clove (plural cloves)
- Any one of the separate bulbs that make up the larger bulb of garlic.
Translations
Etymology 3
Verb
clove
- simple past tense of cleave
Related terms
- cloven
Etymology 4
Borrowed from Dutch kloof.
Noun
clove (plural cloves)
- (geography) A narrow valley with steep sides, used in areas of North America first settled by the Dutch
Usage notes
- Mainly used in proper names, such as Kaaterskill Clove.
Further reading
- clove on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- Covel
Middle English
Etymology 1
Inherited from Old English clufu, clofu; compare cleven.
Alternative forms
- clof, clowe
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kl??v(?)/
Noun
clove (plural cloves)
- clove (bulb of garlic)
Descendants
- English: clove
- Scots: clow
References
- “cl?ve, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-29.
Etymology 2
From Old French clou de girofle.
Noun
clove
- Alternative form of clowe
Etymology 3
From Old English clofen, past participle of cl?ofan.
Noun
clove
- Alternative form of cloven
Etymology 4
From Old English cl?af, 1st- and 3rd- person simple past singular of cl?ofan, with the vowel from the past participle.
Verb
clove
- simple past singular of cleven (“to split”)
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pimento
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Portuguese pimento (“bell pepper; later any pepper”), similar to Spanish pimiento, from Latin pigmentum (“coloring; colorful thing”), from pingo (“paint”) and -mentum (suffix denoting instruments and results of actions). Doublet of pigment, piment, and pimiento.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p??m?nt??/
- (US) IPA(key): /p??m?nto?/
Noun
pimento (plural pimentos or pimentoes)
- A red sweet pepper, a cultivar of Capsicum annuum, used to make relish, stuffed into olives, or used as spice.
- A tropical berry used to make allspice.
- The tree on which it grows.
Synonyms
- (red sweet pepper): cherry pepper, pimiento, Spanish paprika
- (tropical berry): allspice
Translations
Anagrams
- emption
Finnish
Etymology
pimentää (“to darken”) +? -o
Noun
pimento
- (figuratively) dark, darkness (place hidden from the sight)
- pitää joku pimennossa
- to keep someone in the dark
- pitää joku pimennossa
Declension
Related terms
- pimittää
Galician
Noun
pimento m (plural pimentos)
- Alternative form of pemento
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from French piment, Spanish pimiento, etc. from Latin pigmentum. Doublet of pigmento.
Noun
pimento m (plural pimenti)
- pimento
- allspice
Anagrams
- in tempo
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese [Term?], from Latin pigmentum (“pigment”), from ping? (“I paint”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pey?- (“spot, color”). Doublet of pigmento, a borrowing.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal, Brazil) IPA(key): /pi.?m?.tu/
- Hyphenation: pi?men?to
Noun
pimento m (plural pimentos)
- sweet pepper, bell pepper (Capsicum annuum, an edible vegetable)
- Synonym: pimentão
Related terms
- pigmento
- pimenta
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