Klingon

See also klingon

English

Etymology

From the Star Trek franchise, purportedly by Gene Roddenberry, named for Lieutenant Wilbur Clingan of the Los Angeles Police Department

Pronunciation

• enPR: klĭng'ŏn, IPA: /ˈklɪŋɒn/, SAMPA: /"klINQn/
• IPA: /ˈklɪŋɑn/, SAMPA: /"klINAn/

Noun

Klingon (plural Klingons)

1. (countable) Member of a fictional alien warrior race depicted as having distinctive forehead ridges and a culture based on strict observance of honour, loyalty, and combat.

Translations

member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe

Chinese: Mandarin: 克林貢 cmn(cmn), 克林贡 cmn(cmn) (Kèlíngòng) Czech: Klingon (cs) m. Esperanto: klingono eo(eo) Finnish: klingon fi(fi) French: Klingon fr(fr) m. German: Klingone de(de) m., Klingonin de(de) f.

Greek: Κλίγκον el(el) (klíngon) n. Japanese: クリンゴン人 ja(ja), クリンゴンじん ja(ja) (kuringon jin) Romanian: klingonian ro(ro) m. Serbian: клингонац sr(sr) (klingonac) m., клингонка sr(sr) (klingonka) f. Turkish: Klingon tr(tr)

Proper noun

Klingon

1. An artificial language created by Marc Okrand, first appearing in a Star Trek episode in 1967.

Translations

the language

Afrikaans: Klingon Arabic: كلينغونية (klinghūniya) f. Bulgarian: клингонски (klingonski) m. Catalan: klingon m. Chinese: Mandarin: 克林貢語 (cmn), 克林贡语 (cmn) (Kèlíngòngyǔ) Czech: klingonský m., klingonština (cs) f. Danish: klingonsk (da) Dutch: Klingon (nl) Esperanto: klingona lingvo (eo), la klingona (eo) Finnish: klingon (fi) French: klingon (fr) m. German: Klingonisch (de) n. Greek: γλώσσα Κλίγκον (glóssa klíngon) f. Hebrew: קלינגונית (he) (klingónit) f. Indonesian: bahasa klingon Irish: Tliongáinis (ga) f.

Italian: klingon (it) m. Japanese: クリンゴン語 (ja) (クリンゴンご, kuringongo) Lojban: klingon. Norwegian: klingonsk (no) Polish: klingoński m. Portuguese: klingon (pt) Romanian: klingoniană f. Russian: клингонский (klingonskij) m. Serbian: клингонски (sr) (klingonski) m. Slovene: klingonski m. Spanish: klingon (es) m. Swedish: klingonska (sv) Turkish: Klingonca (tr) Welsh: klingon (cy)

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Latin: klingonski m.

See also

• Klingon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Qapla'
• Appendix:Klingon

External links

• Klingon Language Institute
• http://www.klingon.org/
• Klingon Wikia
• Linguist List entry for Klingon, code tlh
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