clan

See also:Clanandčlan

English

Etymology

Borrowed fromIrishclann(“offspring, children of the family”)andScottish Gaelicclann,both fromOld Irishcland,borrowed fromOld Welshplant,itself borrowed fromLatinplanta(“shoot, offspring”).Doubletofplantandplanta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/klæn/

• Audio(US):

  (file)

• Homophone:Klan
• Rhymes:-æn

Noun

clan(pluralclans)

1. (anthropology)A group of people all descended from a commonancestor,in fact or belief, especially when the exactgenealogiesare not known.

   Hyponym:descent group

   Coordinate term:lineage

2. Atraditionalsocialgroup offamiliesin theScottishHighlandshaving a commonhereditarychieftain
3. Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity.
   • 1923,P.G. Wodehouse,The Inimitable Jeeves:

     As a rule, you see, I'm not lugged into FamilyRows.On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt likemastodonsbellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James's letter about Cousin Mabel's peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle... theclanhas a tendency to ignore me.

4. (video games)A group of players who habitually play on the same team inmultiplayergames.
5. Abadgercolony.

Derived terms

• clan control
• clan endogamy
• clanfellow
• clanless
• clan mate
• clanmate
• clannish
• clannism
• clannist
• clanny
• clansfolk
• clanship
• clansman
• clanspeak
• clansperson
• clanswoman
• interclan
• intraclan
• matriclan
• multiclan
• patriclan
• subclan

Descendants

• →Catalan:clan
• →Danish:klan
• →Dutch:clan
• →French:clan
  • →Turkish:klan
• →Galician:clan
• →German:Clan
• →Italian:clan
• →Norwegian Bokmål:klan
• →Norwegian Nynorsk:klan
• →Polish:klan
• →Russian:клан(klan)
• →Portuguese:clan,clã
• →Spanish:clan
• →Swedish:klan

Translations

group having common ancestor

• Albanian:fis(sq),farefis(sq),farë(sq)
• Arabic:عَشِيرَة(ar)(ʕašīra)
• Armenian:ցեղ(hy)(cʻeġ),տոհմ(hy)(tohm)

  Old Armenian:ցեղ(cʻeł),տոհմ(tohm),զարմ(zarm)

• Avestan:𐬬𐬍𐬯(vīs)
• Azerbaijani:qəbilə(az)
• Bashkir:ырыу(ırıw)
• Basque:jas
• Belarusian:родm(rod),кланm(klan)
• Berber:

  Tashelhit:afusm

• Bulgarian:клан(bg)m(klan),род(bg)m(rod)
• Buryat:обог(obog),омог(omog),яһан(jahan)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Gia tộc(zh)(jiāzú),Nhất tộc(zh)(yīzú),Thị tộc(zh)(shìzú)

• Chuvash:йӑх(jăh)
• Czech:klanm,rod(cs)m
• Danish:klan(da)c
• Dutch:clan(nl)m,stam(nl)m,sibbe(nl)f
• Esperanto:klano
• Finnish:klaani(fi)
• Galician:clanm
• Georgian:კლანი(ḳlani)
• German:Clan(de)m,Sippe(de)f
• Hausa:zuriya(ha)
• Hebrew:חמולה(he)f(khamúla)
• Hindi:खानदान(hi)(khāndān),वंश(hi)m(vañś)
• Hungarian:klán(hu)
• Ido:klano(io)
• Indonesian:klan(id)
• Irish:clann(ga)m
• Italian:clan(it)m
• Japanese:Một môn(ja)(いちもん, ichimon),Nhất tộc(ja)(いちぞく, ichizoku),Một nhà(ja)(いっか, ikka),クラン(kuran),Thị tộc(ja)(しぞく, shizoku)
• Kazakh:тұқым(tūqym),ру(ru),ұқ(ūq)(Dialect)
• Korean:씨족( thị tộc )(ko)(ssijok)
• Kyrgyz:урук(ky)(uruk),уруу(ky)(uruu)
• Latin:familia(la),gens(la)
• Macedonian:кланm(klan),род(mk)m(rod)
• Manchu:ᡶᠠᠯᡤᠠ(falga)
• Maori:hapū,mātāwaka,matawaka
• Marathi:कूळn(kūḷ)
• Navajo:dóoneʼé
• Nepali:कुल(ne)(kul)
• Ngarrindjeri:laklinyeri
• Ngazidja Comorian:mɓaclass9/10
• Northern Altai:ук(uk)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:klanm

  Nynorsk:klanm

• Old Persian:𐎻𐎰(vi-θ/⁠viθ⁠/)
• Pashto:خېل(ps)m(xel)
• Persian:ویس(phát)(vis),طایفه(phát)(tâyefe),قبیله(phát)(qabile)
• Polish:klan(pl)m,ród(pl)
• Portuguese:clã(pt)m
• Punjabi:

  Gurmukhi:ਗੋਤf(got)

  Shahmukhi:گوتf(got)

• Russian:клан(ru)m(klan),род(ru)m(rod)
• Scottish Gaelic:clannf,cinneadhm
• Serbo-Croatian:zadruga(sh)f,rod(sh)m,svojta(sh)f,bratstvo(sh)n
• Slovak:klanm,rod(sk)m
• Slovene:klan(sl)m
• Southern Altai:ук(uk)
• Spanish:clan(es)m
• Swedish:klan(sv)c,stam(sv)c
• Tagalog:angkan
• Tajik:қабила(qabila),қавм(qavm)
• Tocharian B:kottär
• Tok Pisin:pisin(tpi)
• Turkish:kabile(tr),boy(tr)
• Turkmen:urug
• Ugaritic:𐎜𐎎𐎚(ủmt)
• Ukrainian:рідm(rid),кланm(klan)
• Uzbek:urugʻ(uz)
• Vietnamese:thị tộc(vi)
• Volapük:dafamül
• Welsh:clanm,claniaumpl
• Western Yugur:oruɣ
• Yakut:уус(uus),аҕа ууһа(ağa uuha),ийэ ууһа(iye uuha)

group of relatives with some degree of political organization

• Buryat:отог(otog)
• Danish:klan(da)c

group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games

• Czech:klanm
• Marathi:क्लॅनf(klĕn)
• Polish:klan(pl)m
• Portuguese:clã(pt)m
• Russian:клан(ru)m(klan)

See also

• clan lab

Anagrams

• Lanc,NLCA,NaCl

Catalan

Noun

clanm(pluralclans)

1. clan

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed fromEnglishclan,fromScottish Gaelicclann(“progeny, race”),fromOld Irishcland,fromOld Welshplant,fromLatinplanta(“shoot, offspring”).As such, it is adoubletofplant(“plant, flora”).

Pronunciation

• (Netherlands)IPA^(key):/klɛn/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation:clan
• Rhymes:-ɛn

Noun

clanm(pluralclans,diminutiveclannetjen)

1. clan,kingroup, esp. in relation to the Scottish Highlands orScotlandin general
2. (gaming)a group ofgamersplaying on the same team, a clan

Descendants

• Afrikaans:clan
• →Indonesian:klan

French

Etymology

BorrowedfromEnglishclan,fromScottish Gaelicclann(“progeny, race”),fromOld Irishcland,fromOld Welshplant,fromLatinplanta(“shoot, offspring”),and therefore a doublet ofplante.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/klɑ̃/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

clanm(pluralclans)

1. clan

Descendants

• →Turkish:klan

Further reading

• “clan”,inTrésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language],2012.

Galician

Etymology

fromIrishclann(“offspring, children of the family”)andScottish Gaelicclann,both fromOld Irishcland,borrowed fromOld Welshplant,itself borrowed fromLatinplanta(“shoot, offspring”).Doubletofplanta.

Noun

clanm(pluralclans)

1. clan

   Synonym:tribo

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowingfromEnglishclan.Ultimately adoubletofpianta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈklan/,/ˈklɛn/
• Rhymes:-an,-ɛn
• Hyphenation:clàn

Noun

clanm(invariable)

1. clan
2. team
3. gang

Portuguese

Noun

clanm(pluralclans)

1. Alternative spelling ofclã

Romanian

Etymology

BorrowedfromFrenchclan.

Noun

clann(pluralclanuri)

1. clan

Declension

Declension ofclan

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un)clan	clanul	(niște)clanuri	clanurile
genitive/dative	(unui)clan	clanului	(unor)clanuri	clanurilor
vocative	clanule		clanurilor

Spanish

Etymology

BorrowedfromEnglishclan.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/ˈklan/[ˈklãn]
• Rhymes:-an
• Syllabification:clan

Noun

clanm(pluralclanes)

1. clan

Further reading

• “clan”,inDiccionario de la lengua española,Vigésima tercera edición,Real Academia Española,2014