clou
See also: Clou
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
clou (plural clous)
- Something which holds the greatest attention; the chief point of interest.
- 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:
- But had he not refused her the wherewithal to remember him—the pearls she needed as the clou of her dear collection, the great relic among relics?
- 1994, Richard Abel, The Ciné Goes to Town: French Cinema, 1896-1914, page 70:
- Partly because they were constructed of multiple shot-scenes and recorded exclusively in LS, their elaborate decors acquired an even more privileged role — as tableaux and clous of spectacle — much in the manner of late nineteenth-century French stage productions […]
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Catalan
Verb
clou
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Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
clou m (plural clous)
Synonyms
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
clou
- highlight (high point of an occasion, press release etc.)
Declension
Inflection of clou (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | clou | clout | |
genitive | cloun | clouiden clouitten | |
partitive | clouta | clouita | |
illative | clouhun | clouihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | clou | clout | |
accusative | nom. | clou | clout |
gen. | cloun | ||
genitive | cloun | clouiden clouitten | |
partitive | clouta | clouita | |
inessive | cloussa | clouissa | |
elative | clousta | clouista | |
illative | clouhun | clouihin | |
adessive | cloulla | clouilla | |
ablative | cloulta | clouilta | |
allative | cloulle | clouille | |
essive | clouna | clouina | |
translative | clouksi | clouiksi | |
abessive | cloutta | clouitta | |
instructive | — | clouin | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
French
Etymology
From Old French clou, from Latin clāvus, from Proto-Italic *klāwos, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u-.
Pronunciation
Noun
clou m (plural clous)
- nail (metal pin)
- clove (of garlic)
- (figurative) highlight, climax
- (usually in the plural, des clous) not likely, no way, you'll be so lucky
Derived terms
Derived terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “clou”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
Noun
clou m (uncountable)
- highlight (high point of an occasion)
Anagrams
Welsh
Pronunciation
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Adjective
clou (feminine singular clou, plural clou, equative cloued, comparative clouach, superlative clouaf)
- (South Wales) fast, quick
Synonyms
Mutation
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