clan
A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially…A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
» Welcome to the clan.
Willkommen im Clan!
Meaning
6 senses(collective)A group of people all descended from a common ancestor, in fact or belief, especially when the exact genealogies are not known.
Clan, Sippe
кланklan, родrod
рідrid, кланklan
(Scotland, collective)A traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain.
(collective)Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity.
Holonym: nation
Near-synonym: canton (uncommon outside of certain dialects)
Any group defined by family ties with some sort of political unity.
(Malaysia, collective)Traditional main matrilineal subunit of the Minangkabau people (suku) esp. in Negeri Sembilan
(collective)A group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games.
кланklan
(collective)A group of badgers.
group of people related by blood or marriage
Examples
45 sentencesWelcome to the clan.
deWillkommen im Clan!
The clan ended in seventh grade.
deIm siebenten Grade endet die Sippe.
Antonio is from a rival clan.
Antonio’s clan organized a death fight.
I'm from a clan of fighters.
deIch stamme aus einem Kriegerclan.
Translations
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Origin
Borrowed from Irish clann (“offspring, children of the family”) and Scottish Gaelic clann,Borrowed from Irish clann (“offspring, children of the family”) and Scottish Gaelic clann, both from Old Irish cland, borrowed from Old Welsh plant, itself borrowed from Latin planta (“shoot, offspring”). Doublet of plant and planta.
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