clique

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See also: Clique and cliqué

English[edit]

 Clique (disambiguation) on Wikipedia

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French clique, ultimately of imitative origin. Influenced by "claque", though this may have happened in French rather than in English.

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Noun[edit]

clique (plural cliques)

  1. A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.
    This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques.
    • 1931, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Five Red Herrings
      There had been talk of some disagreement about a picture, but in Sir Maxwell's experience, artists frequently disagreed about pictures, with no more consequences than a little cold-shouldering or the formation of a clique.
  2. (graph theory) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.
    The problem of finding the largest clique in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete.
  3. (Internet) A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.
    • 1999, "Jackie", someone help me out? (on newsgroup alt.fan.leo-dicaprio)
      Does anyone know what an internet clique is/does? I came across a few and am thoroughly confused.
    • 2000, "- deanna -", ot: hiya (on newsgroup alt.fan.backstreet.boys)
      even though we're not "regulars" anymore...*sniffle*...we still can't forget the NG...i always tell new fans about it...(people who join my clique, etc...)...and besides...i owe the NG a LOT...itz where i met my best friend...
    • 2001, "spee2k", future no doubt website.... (on newsgroup alt.music.no-doubt)
      you always have to click some big section and you get a whole new set of options in a different frame, thats[sic] usually on the other side of the screen. when you're there, you can choose from (in a section site stuff or something like that) link me, link you, links, top 10 links, free for all links, cliques, and webrings.

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See also[edit]

  • claque (another type of ingroup of people with biased interests)

Verb[edit]

clique (third-person singular simple present cliques, present participle cliquing, simple past and past participle cliqued)

  1. (intransitive) To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.

Usage notes[edit]

  • Often used in the form clique together.

See also[edit]

Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowing from French clique.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

clique f (plural cliques)

  1. Alternative spelling of kliek (“clique, coterie”).
  2. (graph theory) clique, subgraph

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Old French cliquer.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

clique f (plural cliques)

  1. clique

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Descendants[edit]

Descendants
  • → Czech: klika
  • → Dutch: clique
  • → English: clique
  • → Polish: klika
  • → Portuguese: clique

Verb[edit]

clique

  1. inflection of cliquer:
    1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading[edit]

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from French clique.[1][2]

Noun[edit]

clique m (plural cliques)

  1. clique (small, exclusive group of people)

Etymology 2[edit]

Borrowed from English click.[1][2]

Noun[edit]

clique m (plural cliques)

  1. click (sharp sound)
  2. (phonetics) (click)
  3. click (the act of pressing a button)
  4. light-bulb moment
    Não estava a conseguir chegar ao resultado, mas subitamente deu-se-me um clique.
    I was failing to reach the result, but suddenly I got a light-bulb moment.

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

clique

  1. inflection of clicar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative

References[edit]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 “clique” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 “clique” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish[edit]

Verb[edit]

clique

  1. inflection of clicar:
    1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
    2. third-person singular imperative
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