clé
French
Alternative forms
- clef (less common)
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French clef, from Old French clef, from Latin clāvis, from Proto-Italic *klāwis, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w-. According to Bescherelle, the spelling clé had replaced clef by 1845.
Noun
clé f (plural clés)
- key (device for unlocking)
- 2015, Zaz, Si jamais j'oublie:
- Et s’il me prend l’envie d’ m’en aller, enferme-moi et jette la clé.
- And if I feel like leaving, lock me up and throw away the key.
- (figurative) key (essential attribute)
- La différence est la clé de l’existence.
- Difference is the key to existence.
- wrench, spanner
- USB stick
- (cryptography) key
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Vietnamese: cờ-lê
Further reading
- “clé”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Irish
Etymology
From Old Irish clé, from Proto-Celtic *kliyā, substantivization of the adjective *kliyos (“left(hand)”). Cognate with Scottish Gaelic clì, Welsh cledd and Breton kleiz (all "left").
Declension
Declension of clé
Fourth declension
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Bare forms (no plural of this noun)
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Forms with the definite article
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- Archaic dative singular: clí
Mutation
| Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Eclipsis |
| clé | chlé | gclé |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “clé”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1904) “clé”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 1st edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 146
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “clé”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 33
Karankawa
Alternative forms
- clay, glé’
Synonyms
- comcom
Further reading
- Anthony P. Grant, “Karankawa Linguistic Materials”, Kansas Working Papers in Linguistics, volume 19, number 2 (1994)
Old Irish
Etymology
From Proto-Celtic *kliyos.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [kʲlʲeː]
Inflection
| io/iā-stem | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Masculine | Feminine | Neuter |
| Nominative | clé | clé | clé |
| Vocative | clí | ||
| Accusative | clé | clí | |
| Genitive | clí | clé | clí |
| Dative | clíu | clí | clíu |
| Plural | Masculine | Feminine/neuter | |
| Nominative | clí | clí | |
| Vocative | clí clíu* | ||
| Accusative | clí clíu* | ||
| Genitive | clé | ||
| Dative | cléib | ||
| Notes | * when substantivized | ||
Mutation
| Old Irish mutation | ||
|---|---|---|
| Radical | Lenition | Nasalization |
| clé | chlé | clé pronounced with /ɡ(ʲ)-/ |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | ||
Further reading
- G. Toner, M. Ní Mhaonaigh, S. Arbuthnot, D. Wodtko, M.-L. Theuerkauf, editors (2019), “clé”, in eDIL: Electronic Dictionary of the Irish Language
Walloon
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kle/
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