adj
Meaning 1
Of or related to a clan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
clannish
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /ˈklæn.ɪʃ/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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rhymes with -ænɪʃ
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CMU ARPABET: K L AE1 N IH0 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Socially exclusive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: clanny
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 3
befitting or characteristic of those who incline to social exclusiveness and who rebuff the advances of people considered inferior
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cliquish, clubby, snobbish, snobby
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
characteristic of a clan especially in being unified
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- clannish loyalty
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *pleth2-? Proto-Indo-European *pel-? Proto-Indo-European *pleh2-der. Proto-Indo-European *pléh2-n̥t-eh2 Proto-Italic *plāntā? Proto-Indo-European *pleh2k-der. Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h2nk /*gteh2 Proto-Italic *plānktā Latin plantabor. Old Welsh plantbor. Old Irish cland Middle Irish clann Irish clannbor. ▲ Middle Irish clann Scottish Gaelic clannbor. English clan Proto-Indo-European *-iskos Proto-Germanic *-iskaz Proto-West Germanic *-isk Old English -isċ Middle English -ish English -ish English clannish From clan + -ish.
Across languages
Translations
5 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: clànic — of or related to a clan
- Finnish: klaani- — of or related to a clan
- French: clanique — of or related to a clan
- Polish: klanowy — of or related to a clan
- Russian: кла́новый (klánovyj) — of or related to a clan