clau

From Latin clavis.

clau f

1. key

• Bal Palazios, Santiago (2002), “clau”, in Dizionario breu de a luenga aragonesa, Zaragoza, →ISBN

clau m (plural claos)

1. alternative form of clavu

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈklaw]

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• Rhymes: -aw

Inherited from Latin clāvis (compare Occitan clau, Spanish llave, French clef).

clau f (plural claus)

1. key (object designed to open and close a lock)
2. (architecture) keystone
3. curly bracket

• clau de volta

• conclau

clau (invariable)

1. key (indispensable, supremely important)

• cadenat

Inherited from Latin clāvus (compare Occitan clau, Spanish clavo, French clou).

clau m (plural claus)

1. nail (a spike-shaped metal fastener used for joining wood or similar materials)
2. tusk (of a boar, elephant, etc.)

   Synonym: ullal

3. (vulgar) fuck

   Synonym: coit

• clavar

• “clau”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “clau”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “clau” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “clau” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

From Old Occitan clau, from Latin clāvis.

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clau f (plural claus)

1. key

• (North Wales) IPA^(key): /klaɨ̯/
• (South Wales) IPA^(key): /klai̯/
  • * (South Wales, colloquial) IPA^(key): /klɔi̯/
• Rhymes: -aɨ̯

• clou, cloi (South Wales, colloquial)

clau (feminine singular clau, plural clau, equative cleued, comparative cleuach, superlative cleuaf)

1. (obsolete outside South Wales) fast, quick

   Synonym: cyflym

Clipping of glanhau.

• glanhau (standard)
• llnau, nhau (North Wales, colloquial)
• cnau (South Wales, colloquial)

clau (first-person singular present cleuaf)

1. (South Wales, colloquial) to clean

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “clau”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “clau”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies