different between horde vs conclave
horde
English
Etymology
Recorded in English since 1555. From Middle French horde, from German Horde, from Polish horda, from Russian ???? (orda, “horde", 'clan, troop'”), probably from Kipchak Turkic (compare Tatar ???? (urda, “horde”)), from Proto-Turkic *or- (“army, place of staying of the army, ruler etc.”). Cognates include Turkish ordu (“camp, army”), Mongolian ??? (ord, “court, castle, royal compound, camp, horde”), Kalmyk ???? (orda) and English Urdu.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hôd, IPA(key): /h??d/
- (General American) enPR: hôrd, IPA(key): /h??d/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) enPR: h?rd, IPA(key): /ho(?)?d/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /ho?d/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d
- Homophones: hoard, whored
Noun
horde (plural hordes)
- A wandering troop or gang; especially, a clan or tribe of a nomadic people (originally Tatars) migrating from place to place for the sake of pasturage, plunder, etc.; a predatory multitude.
- A large number of people or things.
- We were beset by a horde of street vendors who thought we were tourists and would buy their cheap souvenirs.
- 1907, Jack London, Before Adam, page Chapter IV
- It is true, the more progressive members of our horde lived in the caves above the river.
Derived terms
Translations
Verb
horde (third-person singular simple present hordes, present participle hording or hordeing, simple past and past participle horded)
- to travel en masse, to flock
Usage notes
- Sometimes confused with hoard.
Anagrams
- Herod, Rhode, Rohde
Danish
Etymology
From German Horde.
Noun
horde c (singular definite horden, plural indefinite horder)
- horde
Inflection
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???rd?/
- Hyphenation: hor?de
- Rhymes: -?rd?
Etymology 1
Noun
horde f (plural horden or hordes, diminutive hordetje n)
- A horde
- A troop of boy scouts, comprising no more than 24 cubs
Etymology 2
Noun
horde f (plural horden, diminutive hordetje n)
- A gross sieve
- A hurdle
Derived terms
- hordeloop
References
- M. J. Koenen & J. Endepols, Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlandse Taal (tevens Vreemde-woordentolk), Groningen, Wolters-Noordhoff, 1969 (26th edition) [Dutch dictionary in Dutch]
French
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /??d/
Noun
horde f (plural hordes)
- A horde
Further reading
- “horde” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Middle English
Etymology 1
From Old English hord.
Noun
horde
- Alternative form of hord
Etymology 2
From Old English hordian.
Verb
horde
- Alternative form of horden
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From German Horde
Noun
horde m (definite singular horden, indefinite plural horder, definite plural hordene)
- a horde
References
- “horde” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Upper Sorbian
Adjective
horde
- inflection of hordy:
- neuter nominative/accusative singular
- nominative/accusative plural
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conclave
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)
- The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.
- 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.
- February 22, 1685, Robert South, a sermon preached at Westminster Abbey
- 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)
- conclave
- Synonym: conclau
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /k??.klav/
Noun
conclave m (plural conclaves)
- conclave
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin conclave.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kon?kla.ve/
Noun
conclave m (plural conclavi)
- 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
- room, chamber
- enclosed space that can be locked
- 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
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