clove
English
/kləʊv/, /kloʊv/
noun
Definitions
- (uncountable) A very pungent aromatic spice, the unexpanded flower bud of the clove tree.
- (countable) A , of the species Syzygium aromaticum (syn. ), native to the Moluccas (Indonesian islands), which produces the spice.
- (countable) An old English measure of weight, containing 7 pounds (3.2 kg), i.e. half a stone.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English clove derived from Old French clou (de girofle) derived from Latin clāvus (nail, a nail, pin) root from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w- (hook, peg, crook, a peg, a crook).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)kleh₂w-
Gloss
hook, peg, crook, a peg, a crook
Concept
Semantic Field
Spatial relations
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- abocclusion English
- benocclusion English
- claustral English
- claustrum English
- clavichord English
- clavus English
- cloisterless English
- cloisterlike English
- cloistress English
- cloved English
- cloveless English
- clovewort English
- cloyingly English
- disocclusion English
- encloister English
- exclusive English
- foreclosee English
- inclusively English
- inclusiveness English
- inclusivity English
- malocclusion English
- non-exclusive English
- nonoccluded English
- nonocclusion English
- occluder English
- occlusive English
- overinclusivity English
- postocclusion English
- pre-occluded English
- preocclusion English
- reocclude English
- reocclusion English
- unoccluded English
- vasoocclusion English
- wort English
- angusticlavius Latin
- circumcludo Latin
- claustrum Latin
- clausum Latin
- clausus Latin
- clavarium Latin
- clavis Latin
- clavo Latin
- clavō Latin
- clāvis Latin
- clāvus Latin
- clāvāre Latin
- clāvīcula Latin
- excludo Latin
- exclusio Latin
- exclusivus Latin
- exclusiō Latin
- exclūdō Latin
- inclavō Latin
- includo Latin
- inclusio Latin
- inclusio, inclusionis Latin
- inclāvāre Latin
- inclūdere, inclūdō Latin
- inclūdō Latin
- inclūsus Latin
- occludo Latin
- occludĕre Latin
- occlūdō Latin
- occlūsiōnem, occlūsiō Latin
- chiavo Italian
- chiodo Italian
- klieven Dutch, Flemish
- knoflook Dutch, Flemish
- knoflookpad Dutch, Flemish
- look Dutch, Flemish
- cloisonné French
- clou French
- clavadora Spanish, Castilian
- clavero Spanish, Castilian
- clavo Spanish, Castilian
- desclavar Spanish, Castilian
- enclavar Spanish, Castilian
- κλείς Ancient Greek
- *(s)kleh₂w- Proto-Indo-European
- *(s)kleh₂w-, *kleh₂u- Proto-Indo-European
- *kleh₂ud-, *kleh₂u- Proto-Indo-European
- *klāw- Proto-Indo-European
- clufu Old English
- forclȳsan Old English
- clove Middle English
- clóbh Irish
- cloistrier Old French
- clou Old French
- clou (de girofle) Old French
- clou de girofle, clou Old French
- cheotoare Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- clof Welsh
- knofloick Middle Dutch
- knoffel Afrikaans
- cloistral Middle French
- cravo Old Portuguese
- *klāwos Proto-Celtic
- *klāwos Proto-Italic
- clavu Asturian
- claud Friulian
- clavo Old Spanish
- ciodo Venetian
- achlwedd Proto-Brythonic
- ciuodo Istriot
- chicaclavó San Juan Atzingo Popoloca
- clavo Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl
- klawojkolo Chamicuro
- κλᾳ̃θρα grc-dor
- klávo Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec
- wort
- clavus
- cloved
- occluder
- reocclude
- clovewort
- cloveless
- occlusive
- claustral
- exclusive
- claustrum
- cloyingly
- encloister
- cloistress
- clavichord
- unoccluded
- foreclosee
- inclusively
- nonoccluded
- inclusivity
- abocclusion
- reocclusion
- benocclusion
- malocclusion
- disocclusion
- cloisterlike
- preocclusion
- pre-occluded
- cloisterless
- nonocclusion
- non-exclusive
- inclusiveness
- vasoocclusion
- postocclusion
- overinclusivity