Clement

See also: clement, clément, and Clément

English

Etymology

From Late Latin Clēmens (genitive Clēmentis), name of early saints and popes, from clēmens (“merciful”). Doublet of Clemens and San Clemente.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɛmənt/
• Rhymes: -ɛmənt

Proper noun

Clement (countable and uncountable, plural Clements)

1. A male given name from Latin, borne by an early pope and by several saints.
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC:
     : Philippians 4:3:

     And I intreat thee also, true yokefellow, help those women which laboured with me in the gospel, with Clement also, and with other my fellowlabourers, whose names are in the book of life.

2. A surname.
3. A placename
   1. A township in Gladwin County, Michigan, United States.
   2. An unincorporated community in Jackson Township, Sainte Genevieve County, Missouri, United States.

Derived terms

• St. Clements
• Terrington St Clement

Related terms

• Clem
• Clementine

 

Translations

male given name

• Arabic: إِكْلِمِنْدِس m (ʔiklimindis)
• Armenian: Կղեմես (Kġemes)
• Catalan: Climent (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克萊門特／克莱门特 (Kèláiméntè)

• Czech: Klement m
• Dutch: Clemens
• Faroese: Klæmint m
• Finnish: Klemetti (fi)
• French: Clément (fr)
• Galician: Clemente (gl) m, Clemenzo (gl)
• Georgian: კლემენტ (ḳlemenṭ)
• German: Clemens (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: Κλήμης m (Klḗmēs)

• Hungarian: Kelemen (hu)
• Italian: Clemente (it) m
• Macedonian: Климент (Kliment)
• Marathi: क्लेमेंट m (klemeṇṭa)
• Norman: Cliément m
• Northern Sami: Lemet
• Occitan: Clemenç m, Clement m
• Polish: Klemens (pl) m
• Portuguese: Clemente (pt) m
• Russian: Кли́ме́нт (ru) m (Klímént), Кле́ме́нт (ru) m (Klémént)
• Sorbian:

  Upper Sorbian: Klimant (hsb) m

• Spanish: Clemente (es) m
• Swedish: Klemens c
• Ukrainian: Клим (uk) m (Klym), Климе́нтій m (Klyméntij)
• Vietnamese: Clêmêntê, Lê Minh