chave
English
Contraction
chave
- (West Country, obsolete) I have
- 1839, An Exmoor Scolding, London: John Russell Smith, page 11:
- Chad et in my meend, and zo chave still. Bet chawnt drow et out bevore tha begen'st agen, and than chell.
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References
- Holloway, William (1840) A General Dictionary of Provincialisms, London: John Russell Smith, page 27
Galician
Etymology
From Old Portuguese chave, from Latin clāvis, clāvem.
Noun
chave f (plural chaves)
Middle English
Etymology
See ch-.
Verb
chave
- I have
- William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
- Kissyng and lying ich see is all one:
And chave no mony, chul tell true therfore.
- Kissyng and lying ich see is all one:
- William Shakespeare, Measure for Measure
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese chave (“key”), from Latin clāvis, clāvem (“key”), from Proto-Italic *klāwis (“bolt, lock, bar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u- (“nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors”) (possibly through an Ancient Greek intermediate).
Cognate with Galician chave, Spanish llave, Catalan clau, Occitan clau, French clé, Italian chiave and Romanian cheie. Doublet of clave, a borrowing.
Pronunciation
Noun
chave f (plural chaves)
- key (object that opens and closes a lock)
- Chave do portão.
- Key to the gate.
- key (object that is inserted into a device and rotated to activate it)
- Chave do carro.
- Car key.
- any of several tools designed to turn screws, bolts, nuts, etc., especially a spanner
- Chave de fenda.
- Screwdriver.
- (typography) curly bracket (name of the characters { and)}
- Coloque o valor entre chaves.
- Put the value between curly brackets.
- (figuratively) key (crucial step, element or requirement)
- Terminar no prazo é a chave para o sucesso de nosso produto.
- Finishing within schedule is the key to our product’s success.
- (figuratively) keys (free access to something)
- (computing) key; password
- (cryptography) key (a string used to encode or decode text)
- (databases) key (value that identifies a row in a table)
- (music) a key of a wind instrument
- (music) tuning lever; tuning wrench; hammer (tool used to tune certain stringed instruments)
- winder (key or knob used to wind a clockwork mechanism)
- (electricity) the switch of a circuit breaker
- (puzzles) the clue to an answer
- (sports) group; pool (in a tournament, a set of players or team who play against one another)
- (rail transport) the mechanism that activates a switch
- (architecture) the keystone of a vault
- (music, obsolete) Synonym of clave
Synonyms
- (curly bracket): chaveta
Derived terms
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