clan

See also: Clan and član

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klæn/

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• 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, including one's immediate family.
   • 1923, P.G. Wodehouse, The Inimitable Jeeves:

     As a rule, you see, I'm not lugged into Family Rows. On the occasions when Aunt is calling to Aunt like mastodons bellowing across primeval swamps and Uncle James's letter about Cousin Mabel's peculiar behaviour is being shot round the family circle... the clan has a tendency to ignore me.

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)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: klan m

  Nynorsk: klan m

• 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)

Anagrams

• NLCA, NaCl

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Catalan

Noun

clan m (plural clans)

1. clan

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Dutch

Pronunciation

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Etymology

Borrowing 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 is a doublet of plant (“plant, flora”).

Noun

clan m (plural clans, diminutive clannetje n)

1. clan

Descendants

• Afrikaans: clan

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French

Etymology

Borrowing from English clan.

Noun

clan m (plural clans)

1. clan

Further reading

• “clan” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Galician

Noun

clan m (plural clans)

1. clan

Synonyms

• (clan): tribo

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English clan.

Noun

clan m (invariable)

1. clan
2. team
3. gang

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Portuguese

Noun

clan m (plural clans)

1. Alternative spelling of clã

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowing from English clan.

Noun

clan m (plural clanes)

1. clan