different between conclave vs coterie

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French conclave, from Latin conclave (“room that may be locked up”), from con- (combining form of cum (“with”)) + cl?vis (“key”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /k?n.?kle?v/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?n.kle?v/

Noun

conclave (plural conclaves)

1. The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.
2. The group of Roman Catholic cardinals locked in a conclave until they elect a new pope; the body of cardinals.
   • February 22, 1685, Robert South, a sermon preached at Westminster Abbey

     It was said a cardinal, by reason of his apparent likelihood to step into St. Peter's chair, that in two conclaves he went in pope and came out again cardinal.

3. A private meeting; a close or secret assembly.

Derived terms

• in conclave: engaged in a secret meeting; said of a group of people.

Related terms

• clave
• clavis

Translations

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conclave.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ko??kla.v?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ku??kla.b?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ko??kla.ve/

Noun

conclave m (plural conclaves)

1. conclave

   Synonym: conclau

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.klav/

Noun

conclave m (plural conclaves)

1. conclave

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conclave.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kon?kla.ve/

Noun

conclave m (plural conclavi)

1. conclave

Derived terms

• conclavista

Latin

Etymology

From con- +? cl?vis (key).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /kon?kla?.u?e/, [k???k??ä?u??]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /kon?kla.ve/, [k???kl??v?]

Noun

concl?ve n (genitive concl?vis); third declension

1. room, chamber
2. enclosed space that can be locked
3. dining hall

Declension

Third-declension noun (neuter, “pure” i-stem).

Descendants

• Catalan: conclave
• English: conclave
• French: conclave
• Italian: conclave
• Portuguese: conclave
• Russian: ???????? (konkláv)
• Spanish: cónclave

References

• conclave in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• conclave in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conclave in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• conclave in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• conclave in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• conclave in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French coterie.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k??t??i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?ko?t??i/, /?ko?t???i/, [?ko????i], [?ko?????i]

Noun

coterie (plural coteries)

1. A circle of people who associate with one another for a common purpose.

   Synonym: clique
2. A communal burrow of prairie dogs.

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “coterie”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
• “coterie”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French coterie, from Medieval Latin coteria.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?ko?.t??ri/
• Hyphenation: co?te?rie
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

coterie f (plural coteries or coterieën, diminutive coterietje n)

1. coterie, clique (exclusive circle of associates)

Related terms

• kot

French

Etymology

From Medieval Latin coteria, from Old English cot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?.t?i/
• Rhymes: -i

Noun

coterie f (plural coteries)

1. (historical) feudal community of peasants
2. (figuratively, also derogatory) coterie, clique, cabal (small, exclusive group of individuals advancing shared interests)

Descendants

• ? Dutch: coterie
• ? English: coterie
• ? German: Koterie

Further reading

• “coterie” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• coterie on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Romanian

Etymology

From French coterie.

Noun

coterie f (plural coterii)

1. coterie

Declension