Klingon

See also: klingon

English

Etymology 1

In many cases, from German Klingen, via Russian Клинген (Klingen) (many bearers in 1900s US censuses are recorded as being from Russia). Compare the various spellings of the related surname Klingon Smith (more commonly Klingensmith, Klingenschmitt, Klingenschmidt).

Proper noun

Klingon (plural Klingons)

1. A surname.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Klingon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 319.
• Forebears

Etymology 2

Two Klingons

c. 1960s, from the Star Trek franchise, purportedly by Gene Roddenberry, named for Lieutenant Wilbur Clingan of the Los Angeles Police Department. In-universe, the name was a transcription of Klingon tlhIngan.

Pronunciation

• enPR: klĭng'ŏn, IPA^(key): /ˈklɪŋɒn/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈklɪŋɑn/, /ˈkliŋɑn/
• Homophone: cling-on
• Rhymes: -ɪŋɒn

Noun

Klingon (plural Klingons)

1. (countable) A member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe with distinctive forehead ridges and a culture based on the strict observance of honor, loyalty, and combat.
   • 1967 March 23, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, Errand of Mercy (Star Trek: The Original Series), Paramount Domestic Television, →OCLC:

     SPOCK: Captain, we've reached the designated position for scanning the coded directive tape.
     KIRK: Good. We've both guessed right. Negotiations with the Klingon Empire are on the verge of breaking down. Starfleet Command anticipates a surprise attack. We are to proceed to Organia and take whatever steps are necessary to prevent the Klingons from using it as a base.

Derived terms

• Klingonese
• Klingonesque
• Klingonian
• Klingonish

Translations

member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克林貢 / 克林贡 (zh) (kèlíngòng)

• Czech: Klingon m
• Esperanto: klingono (eo)
• Finnish: klingon (fi)
• French: Klingon (fr) m
• German: Klingone (de) m, Klingonin (de) f
• Greek: Κλίγκον n (Klígkon)
• Hungarian: klingon (hu)
• Italian: klingon (it); klingoniano m, klingoniana f
• Japanese: クリンゴン人, クリンゴンじん (kuringon jin)
• Marathi: क्लिंगॉन m (kliṅgŏn)
• Polish: Klingon (pl) m pers, Klingonka f
• Portuguese: klingon (pt) m or f
• Romanian: klingonian m
• Russian: клингон m (klingon), клингонец m (klingonec), клингонка f (klingonka)
• Serbo-Croatian: клингонац m (klingonac), клингонка f (klingonka)
• Swedish: klingon (sv) c
• Turkish: Klingon (tr)

Proper noun

Klingon

1. An artificial language created by Marc Okrand for the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.
   • 2012 October 31, Laura Wright, “UT Language Creation Society invites students to learn origins of newer languages”, in The Daily Texan‎^[1], Austin, Tex.: Texas Student Media, University of Texas at Austin, published 8 April 2013, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 14 August 2020:

     You might be familiar with more a priori conlangs than you think: The Klingon language from the television series "Star Trek," the Na’vi language from the movie "Avatar," and the Dothraki language from the television series "Game of Thrones" are all examples of a priori languages.

Synonyms

• Klingonese (uncommon)

Derived terms

• Klingonian
• Klingonist

Translations

the language

• Afrikaans: Klingon (af)
• Arabic: كْلِينْغُونِيَّة f (klīnḡūniyya)
• Bulgarian: клингонски m (klingonski)
• Catalan: klingon (ca) m
• Cherokee: ᏟᎦᎾ (tligana)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 克林貢語 / 克林贡语 (zh) (Kèlíngòngyǔ)

• Czech: klingonský m, klingonština (cs) f
• Danish: klingonsk
• Dutch: Klingon (nl)
• Esperanto: klingona lingvo, la klingona
• Finnish: klingon (fi)
• French: klingon (fr) m
• German: Klingonisch (de) n
• Greek: γλώσσα Κλίγκον f (glóssa Klígkon)
• Hebrew: קלינגונית f (klingónit)
• Hungarian: klingon (hu)
• Indonesian: bahasa klingon
• Irish: Tliongáinis f
• Italian: Klingon m; Klingoniano m
• Japanese: クリンゴン語 (クリンゴンご, kuringongo)
• Marathi: क्लिंगॉन f (kliṅgŏn)
• Norwegian: klingonsk
• Polish: język klingoński m inan
• Portuguese: klingon (pt)
• Romanian: klingoniană f
• Russian: клингонский m (klingonskij)
• Serbo-Croatian: клингонски m (klingonski)
• Slovene: klingonski m
• Spanish: klingon m
• Swedish: klingonska (sv)
• Turkish: Klingonca (tr)
• Welsh: klingon

See also

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

Further reading

• “Klingon”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Klingon Language Institute
• https://web.archive.org/web/20190706211046/http://www.klingon.org/
• The Klingon Encyclopedia
• [2]

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Noun

Klingon (uncountable)

1. Klingon (language)