clou

See also: Clou

English

Etymology

From French clou.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kluː/

Noun

clou (plural clous)

  1. Something which holds the greatest attention; the chief point of interest.
    • 1911, Max Beerbohm, Zuleika Dobson:
      But had he not refused her the wherewithal to remember him—the pearls she needed as the clou of her dear collection, the great relic among relics?

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Catalan

Verb

clou

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of cloure
  2. second-person singular imperative form of cloure

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French clou.

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

clou m (plural clous)

  1. punch line

Synonyms


Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from French clou.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkluː/, [ˈkluː]
  • IPA(key): /ˈklou̯/, [ˈklo̞u̯]

Noun

clou

  1. highlight (high point of an occasion, press release etc.)

Declension

Inflection of clou (Kotus type 21/rosé, no gradation)
nominative clou clout
genitive cloun clouiden
clouitten
partitive clouta clouita
illative clouhun clouihin
singular plural
nominative clou clout
accusative nom. clou clout
gen. cloun
genitive cloun clouiden
clouitten
partitive clouta clouita
inessive cloussa clouissa
elative clousta clouista
illative clouhun clouihin
adessive cloulla clouilla
ablative cloulta clouilta
allative cloulle clouille
essive clouna clouina
translative clouksi clouiksi
instructive clouin
abessive cloutta clouitta
comitative clouineen

Synonyms


French

Etymology

From Old French clou, from Latin clāvus, from Proto-Italic *klāwos, from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂u-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /klu/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -u

Noun

clou m (plural clous)

  1. nail (metal pin)
  2. clove (of garlic)
  3. (figuratively) highlight, climax
  4. (usually in the plural, des clous) not likely, no way, you'll be so lucky

Derived terms

Descendants

Further reading


Italian

Etymology

French clou

Noun

clou m (invariable)

  1. highlight (high point of an occasion)

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Welsh

Pronunciation

Adjective

clou (feminine singular clou, plural clou, equative cloued, comparative clouach, superlative clouaf)

  1. (South Wales) fast, quick

Synonyms

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radicalsoftnasalaspirate
clou glou nghlou chlou
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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