different between enclave vs refuge

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French enclave, from Middle French enclave (“enclave”), deverbal of enclaver (“to inclose”), from Old French enclaver (“to inclose, lock in”), from Vulgar Latin *incl?v?re (“to lock in”), from in + Latin clavis (“key”) or clavus (“nail, bolt”). Compare inlock.

Pronunciation

• ; IPA^(key): /??nkle?v/, /???kle?v/, /???kle?v/
• ; IPA^(key): /??nkle?v/, /??nkle?v/
• Rhymes: -e?v

Noun

enclave (plural enclaves)

1. A political, cultural or social entity or part thereof that is completely surrounded by another.

   The republic of San Marino is an enclave of Italy.

   The streets around Union Square form a Protestant enclave within an otherwise Catholic neighbourhood.

2. A group that is set off from a larger population by its characteristic or behavior.

   ...it tends to make marriage itself a lifestyle enclave.
3. (computing) An isolated portion of an application's address space, such that data in an enclave can only be accessed by code in the same enclave.
   • 2010, Mike Ebbers, Dino Tonelli, Jason Arnold, Co-locating Transactional and Data Warehouse Workloads on System z (page 245)

     When an enclave spans a system boundary in a sysplex, it is called a multisystem enclave.

Usage notes

Enclaves are generally also exclaves, though exceptions exist (as detailed at list of enclaves and exclaves), and in common speech only the term enclave is used.

An enclave is an area surrounded by another area, while an exclave is an area cut off from the main area. An area can be cut off without being surrounded (such as Kaliningrad Oblast, cut off from the rest of Russia by Lithuania, Poland, and the Baltic Sea) hence exclaved without being enclaved, or surrounded without being cut off (such as the Kingdom of Lesotho, enclaved in South Africa, but not exclaved).

A pene-enclave (resp., pene-exclave) is an area that is an enclave "for practical purposes", but does not meet the strict definition. This is a very technical term.

Translations

See also

• exclave
• pene-enclave
• pene-exclave

Verb

enclave (third-person singular simple present enclaves, present participle enclaving, simple past and past participle enclaved)

1. (transitive) To enclose within a foreign territory.

References

• (group set off from a larger population by a characteristic): Habits of the Heart: Individualism and Commitment in American Life - Page 74

by Robert Neelly Bellah, William M. Sullivan, Ann Swidler, Steven M. Tipton, Richard Madsen - 1996

Anagrams

• Valence, valence

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French enclave, from Middle French enclave.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /????kla?.v?/, /????kla?.v?/
• Hyphenation: en?cla?ve
• Rhymes: -a?v?

Noun

enclave f (plural enclaves, diminutive enclaafje n or enclavetje n)

1. enclave

Derived terms

• enclavedorp
• moslimenclave

French

Etymology

From enclaver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.klav/

Noun

enclave f (plural enclaves)

1. enclave
2. (field hockey or ice hockey) the slot

Further reading

• “enclave” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• valence, Valence

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /en?kla.ve/

Noun

enclave f (plural enclavi) (Often invariant)

1. enclave

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• encrave

Noun

enclave m (plural enclaves)

1. (geography) enclave (region completely surrounded by another)
2. (geology) an intrusive rock

Spanish

Noun

enclave m (plural enclaves)

1. (politics) enclave

Verb

enclave

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of enclavar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of enclavar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of enclavar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of enclavar.

English

Etymology

From Old French refuge, from Latin refugium, from re- + fugi? (“flee”). Doublet of refugium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???fju?d?/

Noun

refuge (countable and uncountable, plural refuges)

1. A state of safety, protection or shelter.
2. A place providing safety, protection or shelter.
3. Something or someone turned to for safety or assistance; a recourse or resort.
4. An expedient to secure protection or defence.
5. A refuge island.

Synonyms

• haven
• sanctuary
• zoar

Derived terms

• refugee
• refugium
• refugitive

Translations

Verb

refuge (third-person singular simple present refuges, present participle refuging, simple past and past participle refuged)

1. (intransitive) To return to a place of shelter.
   • 2011, Michael D. Gumert, Agustín Fuentes, Lisa Jones-Engel, Monkeys on the Edge

     Among these macaques, although activity cycles are quite variable from location to location, refuging is a common characteristic.

2. (transitive, obsolete) To shelter; to protect.

Translations

Anagrams

• Fugere

French

Etymology

From Latin refugium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.fy?/

Noun

refuge m (plural refuges)

1. refuge

Further reading

• “refuge” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

refuge

1. second-person singular present active imperative of refugi?

Old French

Alternative forms

• reffuge
• refiuge
• refuje

Etymology

From Latin refugium.

Noun

refuge m (oblique plural refuges, nominative singular refuges, nominative plural refuge)

1. a refuge
2. (figuratively) a protector or savior

Descendants

• ? English: refuge
• French: refuge