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masculine

/klɑ̃/

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Translation

clan, faction

Word origin

From Scottish Gaelic clann ('children, family'), which goes back to Latin planta ('shoot, sprout').

Origin: Gaelic
Root: clann
English cognates: clan, plant

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralclans

Examples

au .

The clan gathers by the sea every summer.

The two clans have loathed each other for ever.

' .

She comes from a powerful northern clan.

This clan controls the whole region.

The northern clans are at war over the land.

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This word is part of lesson 50.