clou
French
noun
Definitions
- nail metal pin
- clove of garlic
- (figurative) highlight, climax
- (usually) not likely, no way, you'll be so lucky
Etymology
Inherited from Old French clou inherited from Latin clāvus (nail, a nail, pin) inherited from Proto-Italic *klāwos derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w-, *kleh₂u- (nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors, key, hook).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*(s)kleh₂w-, *kleh₂u-
Gloss
nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors, key, hook
Concept
Semantic Field
The body
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
爪
Emoji
💅
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- clavus English
- clou English
- clou Finnish
- angusticlavius Latin
- clavarium Latin
- clavo Latin
- clavus Latin
- clavō Latin
- clāvus Latin
- clāvāre Latin
- inclavō Latin
- inclāvāre Latin
- Clou German
- chiavo Italian
- chiodo Italian
- clou Italian
- clou Dutch, Flemish
- clouter French
- cloutier 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
- clou Old French
- clou (de girofle) Old French
- clou de girofle, clou Old French
- cheotoare Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- klovagar Ido
- klovo Ido
- cravo Old Portuguese
- *klaudō Proto-Italic
- *klāwis Proto-Italic
- *klāwos Proto-Italic
- clavu Asturian
- claud Friulian
- clavo Old Spanish
- ciodo Venetian
- klou Haitian, Haitian Creole
- ciuodo Istriot
- chicaclavó San Juan Atzingo Popoloca
- clavo Zacatlán-Ahuacatlán-Tepetzintla Nahuatl
- klawojkolo Chamicuro
- klávo Western Juxtlahuaca Mixtec