klon

See also: Appendix:Variations of "klon"

Breton

Etymology

Borrowed from French clone, from English clone, from Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”).

Noun

klon m (plural klonoù)

1. clone

Derived terms

• klonadur
• klonel
• kloniñ
• monoklonel

Mutation

Mutation of klon

	unmutated	soft	aspirate	hard
singular	klon	glon	c'hlon	unchanged
plural	klonoù	glonoù	c'hlonoù	unchanged

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Breton.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈklon]
• Rhymes: -on

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klonъ.

Noun

klon m inan

1. tilt, slant

   Synonyms: nachýlení, sklon, úklon

Declension

Declension of klon (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	klon	klony
genitive	klonu	klonů
dative	klonu	klonům
accusative	klon	klony
vocative	klone	klony
locative	klonu	klonech
instrumental	klonem	klony

Etymology 2

Noun

klon m inan

1. clone

Declension

Declension of klon (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	klon	klony
genitive	klonu	klonů
dative	klonu	klonům
accusative	klon	klony
vocative	klone	klony
locative	klonu	klonech
instrumental	klonem	klony

Related terms

• klonovat

Further reading

• “klon”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “klon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “klon”, in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2026, slovnikcestiny.cz
• “klon”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈklon/ [ˈklɔn]
• Rhymes: -on
• Syllabification: klon
• Homophone: Klon

Noun

klon (plural klon-klon)

1. alternative form of klona

Further reading

• “klon”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Lower Sorbian

klon

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klenъ; cognate with Upper Sorbian klon, Polish klon, Czech klen, Russian клён (kljon), and Serbo-Croatian klen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [klɔn]

Noun

klon m inan

1. sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus)

Declension

Declension of klon

	Singular	Dual	Plural
Nominative	klon	klona	klony
Genitive	klona	klonowu	klonow
Dative	klonoju	klonoma	klonam
Accusative	klon	klona	klony
Instrumental	klonom	klonoma	klonami
Locative	klonje	klonoma	klonach

Further reading

• Muka, Arnošt (1921, 1928), “klon”, in Słownik dolnoserbskeje rěcy a jeje narěcow (in German), St. Petersburg, Prague: ОРЯС РАН, ČAVU; Reprinted Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag, 2008
• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “klon”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”).

Noun

klon m (definite singular klonen, indefinite plural kloner, definite plural klonene)

1. clone

References

• “klon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”).

Noun

klon m (definite singular klonen, indefinite plural klonar, definite plural klonane)

1. clone

References

• “klon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɔn/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔn
• Syllabification: klon

Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *klenъ.

Noun

klon m inan (diminutive klonik, related adjective klonowy)

1. maple (any tree or shrub of the genus Acer)

Declension

Declension of klon

	singular	plural
nominative	klon	klony
genitive	klonu	klonów
dative	klonowi	klonom
accusative	klon	klony
instrumental	klonem	klonami
locative	klonie	klonach
vocative	klonie	klony

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English clone, from Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn, “twig”).

Noun

klon m animal or m inan

1. clone

Further reading

• “klon”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “klon”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klôːn/

Noun

klȏn m anim (Cyrillic spelling кло̑н)

1. clone

Declension

Declension of klon

	singular	plural
nominative	klon	klonovi
genitive	klona	klonova
dative	klonu	klonovima
accusative	klona	klonove
vocative	klone	klonovi
locative	klonu	klonovima
instrumental	klonom	klonovima

Further reading

• “klon”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kluːn/

Noun

klon c

1. clone

Declension

Declension of klon

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	klon	klons
	definite	klonen	klonens
plural	indefinite	kloner	kloners
	definite	klonerna	klonernas

Related terms

• klona

Noun

klon

1. definite singular of klo

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from English clone.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɫon/, /k(ɯ)ˈɫon/
• Hyphenation: klon

Noun

klon (definite accusative klonu, plural klonlar)

1. (biology) clone (living organism (originally a plant))
2. (cytology) clone (group of identical cells derived from a single cell)
3. clone (copy of something already existing)
4. (informal) clone (a person who's exactly like another person)

Synonyms

• kopya

Derived terms

• klonlamak

Further reading

• “klon”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “klon”, in Nişanyan Sözlük