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^(key): /klæn/
• 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.
5. A badger colony.

Derived terms

• clannish
• matriclan
• patriclan

Descendants

• Dutch: clan
• German: Clan

Translations

group having common ancestor

• Armenian: ցեղ (hy) ‎(cʿeł), տոհմ (hy) ‎(tohm)

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

• Basque: jas
• Berber:

  Tashelhit: afus m

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

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

• Czech: klan m, rod (cs) m
• Dutch: clan (nl) m, stam (nl) m, sibbe (nl) f
• Esperanto: klano
• Galician: clan m
• German: Clan (de) m, Sippe (de) f
• Hausa: zuriya (ha)
• Hindi: खानदान (hi) ‎(khāndān)
• Hungarian: klán (hu)
• Ido: klano (io)
• Irish: clann (ga)
• Italian: clan (it) m

• Japanese: 一門 ‎(いちもん, ichimon), 一族 (ja) ‎(いちぞく, ichizoku), 一家 ‎(いっか, ikka), クラン ‎(kuran)
• Maori: hapū, mātāwaka, matawaka
• Navajo: dóoneʼé
• Ngarrindjeri: laklinyeri
• Ngazidja Comorian: mɓa class 9/10 ‎(mba)
• Pashto: خېل (ps) m ‎(xel)
• Persian: ویس ‎(vis)
• Polish: klan (pl) m
• Portuguese: clã (pt) m
• Russian: клан (ru) m ‎(klan), род (ru) m ‎(rod)
• Scottish Gaelic: clann f, cinneadh m
• Serbo-Croatian: zadruga (sh) f, rod (sh) m, svojta (sh) f, bratstvo (sh) n
• Spanish: clan (es) m
• Swedish: klan (sv) c, stam (sv) c
• Tok Pisin: pisin (tpi)
• Volapük: dafamül

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

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

• Russian: клан (ru) m ‎(klan)

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Catalan

Noun

clan m ‎(plural clans)

1. clan

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Etymology

From English clan, from Scottish Gaelic clann ‎(“progeny, race”), from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta ‎(“shoot, offspring”). As such, it forms a doublette with plant ‎(“plant, flora”).

Noun

clan m ‎(plural clans, diminutive clannetje n)

1. clan

Descendants

• Afrikaans: clan

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French

Noun

clan m ‎(plural clans)

1. clan

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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