clan

See also Clan, and član

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic clann (“progeny, race”), from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta (“shoot, offspring”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /klæn/, X-SAMPA: /kl{n/
• Rhymes: -æn

Noun

clan (plural clans)

1. (anthropology) A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief.
2. A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain
3. Any association of people behaving clannishly.
4. (video games) A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.

Derived terms

• clannish
• matriclan
• patriclan

Descendants

• German: Clan

Translations

group having common ancestor

• Armenian: ցեղ (hy) (c’eġ) , տոհմ (hy) (tohm) 

  Old Armenian: ցեղ (c’eł), տոհմ (tohm), զարմ (zarm)

• Berber:

  Tashelhit: afus m

• Bulgarian: клан (bg) (klan) m 
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 家族 (cmn) (jiāzú), 一族 (cmn) (yīzú)

• Dutch: clan (nl), stam (nl)
• Esperanto: klano (eo)
• Galician: clan (gl) m
• German: Clan (de) m, Sippe (de) f
• Hungarian: klán (hu)
• Ido: klano
• Irish: clann (ga)

• Italian: clan (it) m
• Japanese: 一門 (ja) (いちもん, ichimon), 一族 (ja) (いちぞく, ichizoku), 一家 (ja) (いっか, ikka), クラン (ja) (kuran)
• Navajo: dóoneʼé
• Ngarrindjeri: laklinyeri
• Polish: klan (pl) m
• Portuguese: clã (pt) m
• Russian: клан (ru) (klan) m , род (ru) (rod) m 
• Scottish Gaelic: clann f, cinneadh m
• Serbo-Croatian: zadruga f, rod m, svojta f, bratstvo n
• Spanish: clan (es) m
• Swedish: klan (sv) c, stam (sv) c
• Tok Pisin: pisin (tpi)
• Volapük: dafamül (vo)

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

• Marathi: क्लॅन (mr) (klǎna) f
• Polish: klan (pl) m

• Russian: клан (ru) (klan) m 

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Galician

Noun

clan m (plural clans)

1. clan

Synonyms

• (clan): tribo

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Italian

Noun

clan m (invariable)

1. clan
2. team
3. gang

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Spanish

Noun

clan m (plural clanes)

1. clan