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French
noun
Definitions
- key (device for unlocking)
- key (essential attribute)
- wrench, spanner
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French clef inherited from Old French clef inherited from Latin clāvem inherited from Proto-Italic *klāwis (lock, bolt, bar).
Origin
Proto-Italic
*klāwis
Gloss
lock, bolt, bar
Concept
Semantic Field
The house
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
錠
Emoji
🔏 🔐 🔑 🔓️ 🗝️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- clef English
- clavis Latin
- clāvem Latin
- clāvis Latin
- clāvis, clāvem Latin
- clāvis, clāvem, clavis Latin
- llave Spanish, Castilian
- *(s)kleh₂w-, *kleh₂u- Proto-Indo-European
- chave Portuguese
- chaveiro Portuguese
- chaveta Portuguese
- chavão Portuguese
- clef Old French
- चाबी Hindi
- चाभी Hindi
- clié Norman
- cờ-lê Vietnamese
- clef Middle French
- chave Old Portuguese
- চাবি Assamese
- ચાવી Gujarati
- *klāwis Proto-Italic
- चावी Marathi
- চাবি Bengali
- yabi Papiamentu
- சாவி Tamil
- kle Haitian, Haitian Creole
- tchabi Kabuverdianu
- txabi Kabuverdianu
- xave Kabuverdianu
- lakle Mauritian Creole
- lakle Seychellois Creole
- ꠌꠣꠛꠤ Sylheti
- ଚାବି Oriya
- sabí Rohingya
- kile Kumak