Klingon

See also: klingon

English

Two Klingons

Etymology

From the Star Trek franchise, purportedly by Gene Roddenberry, named for Lieutenant Wilbur Clingan of the Los Angeles Police Department

Pronunciation

enPR: klĭng'ŏn, IPA^(key): /ˈklɪŋɒn/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈklɪŋɑn/, /ˈkliŋɑn/

Noun

Klingon (plural Klingons)

(countable) Member of a fictional alien warrior race depicted as having distinctive forehead ridges and a culture based on strict observance of honour, loyalty, and combat.

Translations

member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe

Chinese:
Mandarin: 克林貢, 克林贡 (Kèlíngòng)
Czech: Klingon m
Esperanto: klingono eo(eo)
Finnish: klingon fi(fi)
French: Klingon fr(fr) m
German: Klingone de(de) m, Klingonin de(de) f
Greek: Κλίγκον el(el) (klíngon) n

Hungarian: klingon (hu)
Japanese: クリンゴン人 ja(ja), クリンゴンじん ja(ja) (kuringon jin)
Portuguese: klingon m or f
Romanian: klingonian ro(ro) m
Russian: клингон m (klingon), клингонец m (klingonec), клингонка f (klingonka)
Serbo-Croatian: клингонац sh(sh) (klingonac) m, клингонка sh(sh) (klingonka) f
Turkish: Klingon tr(tr)

Proper noun

Klingon

An artificial language created by Marc Okrand, first appearing in a Star Trek episode in 1967.

Synonyms

Klingonese

Translations

the language

Afrikaans: Klingon (af)
Arabic: كْلِينْغُونِيَّة‎ f (klinḡūniyya)
Bulgarian: клингонски m (klingonski)
Catalan: klingon (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 克林貢語, 克林贡语 (Kèlíngòngyǔ)
Czech: klingonský m, klingonština (cs) f
Danish: klingonsk
Dutch: Klingon (nl)
Esperanto: klingona lingvo, la klingona
Finnish: klingon (fi)
French: klingon (fr) m
German: Klingonisch (de) n
Greek: γλώσσα Κλίγκον f (glóssa Klígkon)
Hebrew: קלינגונית‎ f (klingónit)
Hungarian: klingon (hu)

Indonesian: bahasa klingon
Irish: Tliongáinis f
Italian: klingon (it) m
Japanese: クリンゴン語 (クリンゴンご, kuringongo)
Norwegian: klingonsk
Polish: klingoński (pl) m
Portuguese: klingon
Romanian: klingoniană f
Russian: клингонский m (klingonskij)
Serbo-Croatian: клингонски m (klingonski)
Slovene: klingonski m
Spanish: klingon m
Swedish: klingonska (sv)
Turkish: Klingonca (tr)
Welsh: klingon

See also

Klingon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Qapla'
Appendix:Klingon

Further reading

Linguist List entry for Klingon, code tlh

Afrikaans

Noun

Klingon (uncountable)

Klingon (language)

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