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noun
- 1. a group of close-knit and interrelated families (especially associated with families in the Scottish Highlands): "the clan Macleod"
Definition of clan noun in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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CLAN definition: a large group of families who are all related to each other, especially in Scotland. Learn more.
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Etymology
Borrowed from Irish clann (“offspring, children of the family”) and Scottish Gaelic clann, both from Old Irish cland, borrowed from Old Welsh plant, itself borrowed from Latin planta (“shoot, offspring”). Doublet of plant.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /klæn/ 2. Homophone: Klan 3. Rhymes: -æn
Noun
clan (plural clans) 1. (anthropology) A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known. 1.1. Hyponym: descent group 1.2. Coordinate term: lineage 2. A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain 3. Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity. 3.1. 1923, P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves: 3.1.1. As a rule, you see, I'm not lugged into...
Etymology
Borrowed from English clan, from Scottish Gaelic clann (“progeny, race”), from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta (“shoot, offspring”). As such, it is a doublet of plant (“plant, flora”).
Pronunciation
1. (Netherlands) IPA(key): /klɛn/ 2. Hyphenation: clan 3. Rhymes: -ɛn
Noun
clan m (plural clans, diminutive clannetje n) 1. clan, kin group, esp. in relation to the Scottish Highlands or Scotlandin general 2. (gaming) a group of gamersplaying on the same team, a clan
Etymology
Borrowed from English clan, from Scottish Gaelic clann (“progeny, race”), from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta (“shoot, offspring”), and therefore a doublet of plante.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /klɑ̃/
Noun
clan m (plural clans) 1. clan
Etymology
from Irish clann (“offspring, children of the family”) and Scottish Gaelic clann, both from Old Irish cland, borrowed from Old Welsh plant, itself borrowed from Latin planta (“shoot, offspring”). Doublet of planta.
Noun
clan m (plural clans) 1. clan 1.1. Synonym: tribo
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English clan. Ultimately a doublet of pianta.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ˈklan/, /ˈklɛn/ 2. Rhymes: -an, -ɛn 3. Hyphenation: clàn
Noun
clan m (invariable) 1. clan 2. team 3. gang
Etymology
Borrowed from French clan.
Noun
clan n (plural clanuri) 1. clan
Etymology
Borrowed from English clan.
Pronunciation
1. IPA(key): /ˈklan/ [ˈklãn] 2. Rhymes: -an 3. Syllabification: clan
Noun
clan m (plural clanes) 1. clan
4 days ago · 1. a group of people interrelated by ancestry or marriage. 2. a group of families with a common surname and a common ancestor, acknowledging the same leader, esp among the Scots and the Irish. 3. a group of people united by common characteristics, aims, or interests. Collins English Dictionary.
1. a. : a Celtic group especially in the Scottish Highlands comprising a number of households whose heads claim descent from a common ancestor. the MacDonald clan. b. : a group of people tracing descent from a common ancestor : family. The whole clan gets together for the holidays. 2. : a group united by a common interest or common characteristics.
May 8, 2018 · A clan —alternatively called a sib or gens —is a kind of kin group whose members claim a shared identity and certain rights based upon descent from a common ancestor.
