clave

See also: clavé

English

Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kleɪv/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -eɪv

Verb

clave

1. (archaic) simple past and past participle of cleave
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Genesis 22:3:

     And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Ruth 1:14:

     And they lifted up their voice, and wept again: and Orpah kissed her mother in law; but Ruth clave unto her.

   • 1868, Thomas Malory, chapter 11, in Le Morte D'Arthur:

     Sir Launcelot put his shield afore him, and put the stroke away of the one giant, and with his sword he clave his head asunder.

   • 1917, H. P. Lovecraft, The Tomb:

     Suddenly a peal of thunder, resonant even above the din of the swinish revelry, clave the very roof and laid a hush of feat upon the boisterous company.

Etymology 2

From Spanish clave, from Latin clāvis (“key”). Doublet of clavis and clef.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɑːveɪ/

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɑːveɪ

Noun

clave (plural claves)

1. singular of claves

Noun

clave (plural claves)

1. (music) A characteristic pattern of beats, especially the 3-2 son clave.

See also

• Clave (rhythm) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Etymology 3

Clipping of autoclave.

Noun

clave (plural claves)

1. Ellipsis of autoclave.

Verb

clave (third-person singular simple present claves, present participle claving, simple past and past participle claved)

1. Ellipsis of autoclave.

Anagrams

• calve

Asturian

Verb

clave

1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive of clavar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkla.ve/
• Rhymes: -ave
• Hyphenation: clà‧ve

Noun

clave f

1. plural of clava

Anagrams

• calve

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈkɫaː.wɛ]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈklaː.ve]

Noun

clāve

1. ablative singular of clāvis

Noun

clāve

1. vocative singular of clāvus