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Definition: Claque |
ClaqueNoun1. A group of followers hired to applaud at a performance. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "claque" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1862. (references) |
Etymology: Claque \Claque\, noun. [French expression]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: Claque |
| English words defined with "claque": Claqueur. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Claque" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (rap, slap, smack, thwack), Italian (claque), Portuguese (claque, claqueur), Spanish (claque). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Chapeau claque (1974) La Claque (1932) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The claque at the Opera is very select. |
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| "Claque" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Claque" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
claque | 3 |
claque de meneuse | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "claque"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | duartrokitës të paguar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | المصفقون المستأجرون. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | клакьори, подлизурковци. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | klaka. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | claques. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | μισθωτοί χειροκροτητέσ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | csodálók, követők (following), fizetett nézők, felbérelt közönség. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | claque. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aqueclay claque (claqueur). (various references) persoane plãtite cã sã aplaude, admiratori slugarnici. (various references) клака. (various references) potplaćeni aplauder (claqueur). (various references) claque. (various references) trogna anhängare, klack (heel, joggle), hejarklack (cheer section). (various references) şakşakçılar grubu, alkışçı topluluğu. (various references) nhóm người vỗ tay thuê bọn bợ đỡ. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| French | 1500-Modern | claquer. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "claque": claquer, claquers, claques, claqueur, claqueurs. (additional references) | |
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"Claque" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Bloque, calcque, caque, Caquezo, chague, chaque, Clake, claquer, clauve, cleque, clicque, cligue, cliquer, cloque, colaque, colique, craque, laque, lique, Luque. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words ending with "aque": Plaque. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: calque. | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-l-q-u" | |
-1 letter: equal, quale. | |
-2 letters: alec, caul, clue, lace, luce. | |
-3 letters: ace, ale, cel, cue, eau, ecu, lac, lea, leu, qua. | |
-4 letters: ae, al, el, la. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-e-l-q-u" | |
+1 letter: calqued, calques, claquer, claques, coequal, lacquer, lacquey. | |
+2 letters: claquers, claqueur, coequals, lacquers, lacqueys. | |
+3 letters: claqueurs, coequally, equivocal, lacquered, lacquerer, lacqueyed, relacquer. | |
+4 letters: acquirable, catafalque, coequality, lacquerers, lacquering, lacqueying, quenchable, relacquers. | |
+5 letters: aquaculture, aquiculture, catafalques, equicaloric, equinoctial, equivalence, equivalency, equivocally, lacquerware, lacquerwork, loquacities, quacksalver, quitclaimed, racquetball, relacquered, unequivocal. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6C 61 71 75 65 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .-.. .- --.- ..- . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101100 01100001 01110001 01110101 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C l a q u e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006C 0061 0071 0075 0065 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)377867838771 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, Albanais, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, albanês, arnãut, albanez, arnãuţesc, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, Arnavut |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabe, αραβικόσ, arab, arabo, arabic, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, arapça, arap, araplara özgü, tiếng A-rập, thuộc A-rập |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, bulgaristan ile ilgili, người Bun-ga-ri tiếng Bun-ga-ri |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, ceh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, Çek, çekoslovakyalı kimse, çekoslovakyalı, çek dili, người Séc tiếng Séc |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, français, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, francês, francezii, franţuzesc, francezã, francez, franţuzeşte, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, fransızca, fransız, Fransiz, fransızca ile ilgili, fransa ile ilgili |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | يوناني, اللغة اليونانية, الإغريقي, гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, grec, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, grego, greacã, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, yunanistan'a ait, yunanca, yunan, Yunanli, yunanlı, Rumca, rum, quân bạc bịp tôi không thể hiểu được điều đó thật l kỳ phùng địch thủ, kẻ lừa đảo, kẻ cắp b gi gặp nhau, người Hy-lạp tiếng Hy-lạp kẻ bịp bợm |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, unguresc, limba ungarã, limba maghiarã, ungureşte, ungur, maghiar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, macarca, macar, người Hung-ga-ri tiếng Hung-ga-ri |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | الإيطالي, اللغة الإيطالية, إيطالي, شخص إيطالي, италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italien, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, italienesc, italieneşte, italian, italianã, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, italyanca, italyan |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugais, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, portughez, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, portekizce, portekiz, Portekízlí, portekizli, người B"-đ o-nha tiếng B"-đ o-nha |
Romanian | dicţionar, definiţie, determinare, definire, translaţie, traducere, tãlmãcire | rumun, румънски език, румънски, румънец, rumunský, rumunština, Roumain, ρουμανόσ, Ρουμάνος, román, rumeno, romeno, român, румынский, румын, rumunski jezik, rumunski, rumano, rumänsk |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, Rusça, người Nga tiếng Nga |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | servo-croata, sârbo-croat, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, spaniol, spaniolesc, spanioleşte, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, suédois, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, isveççe, isveç dili, isveç, Ísveçlí, người Thuỵ điển tiếng Thuỵ điển |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | turk, تركي أحد أبناء تركيا, اللغة التركية, турски език, турски, turecký, tureètina, turque, τούρκικοσ, török, turcesc, turc, турецкий, turski jezik, turski, turco, turkisk, türkçe, türk, tiếng Thổ nhĩ kỳ |
Vietnamese | có tính chất sách vở, sự định rõ, sự định nghĩa, lời định nghĩa sự định, sự dịch, sự biến th nh sự giải thích | vietnamisht, vietnamez, виетнамски език, виетнамски, vietnamec, vietnamský, vietnamka, vietnamština, vietnamien, 'ιετναμέζος, vietnami, vietnámi, vietnamita, вьетнамский, vijetnamski jezik, vijetnamski, vijetnamac, vietnames, vietnamlı, vietnam dili, vietnam, người Việt nam tiếng Việt |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, anglais, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, englezesc, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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