clot

See also: clôt

English

Etymology

From Old English clott, from Proto-Germanic *klautaz (“lump”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɒt/
• Rhymes: -ɒt

Noun

clot (plural clots)

1. A thrombus, solidified mass of blood.
2. A solidified mass of any liquid.
   • (Can we date this quote by Francis Bacon and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     Doth bake the egg into clots as if it began to poach.

3. A silly person.

Translations

blood clot

• Aromanian: cljag n
• Bulgarian: съсирек m (sǎsirek)
• Catalan: coàgul (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 血塊／血块 (zh) m (xuèkuài), 血块 (zh) (xuèkuài, xiěkuài)

• Dutch: klonter (nl)
• Finnish: hyytymä (fi)
• French: caillot (fr) m, thrombus (fr) m
• German: Blutgerinnsel (de) n
• Greek: θρόμβος (el) m (thrómvos)

  Ancient Greek: θρόμβος m (thrómbos)

• Hungarian: vérrög (hu)
• Ido: grumelo (io)
• Irish: teachtán m
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• Italian: coagulo (it) m, trombo (it) m, grumo (it) m
• Japanese: (血の)塊 (かたまり, katamari), 凝血 (ぎょうけつ, gyōketsu)
• Latin: blatta (la) f
• Maori: poketoto, tepe, tepetepe
• Occitan: grumèl (oc) m, grumèu (oc) m, tromb m
• Polish: skrzep m
• Portuguese: trombo m, coágulo (pt) m
• Romanian: cheag (ro)
• Russian: сгу́сток (ru) m (sgústok) (кро́ви)
• Spanish: coágulo (es) m, cuajarón (es) m
• Thai: ลิ่ม (th) (lîm)
• Turkish: pıhtı (tr)
• Walloon: alot (wa) m
• Welsh: tolchen f

solidified mass of any liquid

• Catalan: grumoll m
• Finnish: klimppi (fi)
• Galician: grolo (gl) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Irish: teachtán m
• Polish: grudka (pl) f
• Welsh: tolchen f, ceulad m

a silly person

• Bulgarian: глупак (bg) m (glupak)
• Catalan: beneit (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 笨蛋 (zh) (bèndàn)

• Dutch: stommeling (nl), idioot (nl)
• Finnish: tollo (fi)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• French: imbécile (fr) m, idiot (fr) m
• German: Trottel (de) m
• Italian: idiota (it) m, stupido (it) m, imbecille (it) m
• Portuguese: bobo (pt) m
• Russian: болва́н (ru) m (bolván)

Verb

clot (third-person singular simple present clots, present participle clotting, simple past and past participle clotted)

1. (intransitive) To form a clot or mass.
2. (transitive) To cause to clot or form into a mass.

Translations

to form into a clot

• Aromanian: ncljeg
• Bulgarian: съсирвам се (sǎsirvam se), пресичам се (presičam se)
• Catalan: coagular-se (ca), agrumollar-se (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 結塊／结块 (jiékuài), 结块 (jiékuài)

• Dutch: klonteren (nl), stollen (nl),
• Finnish: hyytyä
• French: coaguler (fr), cailler (fr),
• Galician: callar (gl), trallar (gl)
• German: Klumpen bilden, klumpen (de)
• Ido: grumeleskar (io)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Italian: coagularsi
• Latin: concrēscere; (not of blood) coāgulāre, conglobāre
• Maori: tepe, tetepe
• Polish: krzepnąć
• Portuguese: coagular (pt)
• Romanian: închega (ro)
• Russian: сгуща́ться (ru) impf (sguščátʹsja), сгусти́ться (ru) pf (sgustítʹsja), свёртываться (ru) impf (svjórtyvatʹsja), сверну́ться (ru) pf (svernútʹsja), запека́ться (ru) impf (zapekátʹsja), запе́чься (ru) pf (zapéčʹsja)
• Spanish: coagularse (es)
• Turkish: pıhtılaşmak (tr)

to cause to clot

• Catalan: coagular (ca)
• Finnish: hyydyttää
• Italian: coagulare (it)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Portuguese: coagular (pt)
• Russian: сгуща́ть (ru) impf (sguščátʹ), сгусти́ть (ru) pf (sgustítʹ), свёртывать (ru) impf (svjórtyvatʹ), сверну́ть (ru) pf (svernútʹ)

Anagrams

• Colt, colt

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈklɔt]

Noun

clot m (plural clots)

1. pit, hole
2. dip (a lower section of a road or geological feature)

Further reading

• “clot” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.