clenche
French
noun
Definitions
- latch, clench
Etymology
Derived from Frankish *klinku, *klinka (latch).
Origin
Frankish
*klinku, *klinka
Gloss
latch
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Klinke German
- Türklinke German
- deurklink Dutch, Flemish
- klink Dutch, Flemish
- déclenchement French
- déclencher French
- déclencheur French
- enclenchement French
- enclencher French
- clenche Old French
- clinke Old French
- clinke Middle Dutch
- klink Afrikaans
- klinke Middle High German
- *klinku, *klinka Frankish