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A device consisting of a board on which information about a film being recorded is noted, and a hinged piece which is brought down on the board with a clap at the start and end of each take of the film; it is used to synchronize picture and sound during editing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: broadcasting, film, media, television
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: board, clapboard, clapstick, marker, slate, slate board, sticks, sync slate
Antonyms: none provided
To use a clapperboard, especially to clap it to start a film take.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
photographic equipment used to synchronize sound and motion picture; boards held in front of a movie camera are banged together
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: photographic equipment
Across languages
Translations
20 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Catalan:
claqueta
— device with a hinged piece which is brought down with a clap at the start and end of each take of a film
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Chinese Mandarin:
場記板 /场记板
(chǎngjìbǎn)
— device with a hinged piece which is brought down with a clap at the start and end of each take of a film
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Czech:
klapka
— device with a hinged piece which is brought down with a clap at the start and end of each take of a film
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Danish:
klaptræ
— device with a hinged piece which is brought down with a clap at the start and end of each take of a film
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Dutch:
klapbord
— device with a hinged piece which is brought down with a clap at the start and end of each take of a film
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Finnish:
klaffi
— device with a hinged piece which is brought down with a clap at the start and end of each take of a film
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French:
clap
— device with a hinged piece which is brought down with a clap at the start and end of each take of a film
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French:
claquette
— device with a hinged piece which is brought down with a clap at the start and end of each take of a film
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Galician:
claqueta
— device with a hinged piece which is brought down with a clap at the start and end of each take of a film
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German:
Filmklappe
— device with a hinged piece which is brought down with a clap at the start and end of each take of a film
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Hungarian:
csapó
— device with a hinged piece which is brought down with a clap at the start and end of each take of a film
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Italian:
ciac
— device with a hinged piece which is brought down with a clap at the start and end of each take of a film
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Japanese:
カチンコ
(kachinko)
— device with a hinged piece which is brought down with a clap at the start and end of each take of a film
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Norwegian:
klapper
— device with a hinged piece which is brought down with a clap at the start and end of each take of a film
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Polish:
klaps
— device with a hinged piece which is brought down with a clap at the start and end of each take of a film
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Portuguese:
claquete
— device with a hinged piece which is brought down with a clap at the start and end of each take of a film
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Russian:
хлопу́шка
(xlopúška)
— device with a hinged piece which is brought down with a clap at the start and end of each take of a film
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Spanish:
claqueta
— device with a hinged piece which is brought down with a clap at the start and end of each take of a film
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Swedish:
synkronklappa
— device with a hinged piece which is brought down with a clap at the start and end of each take of a film
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Turkish:
çekim tahtasının
— device with a hinged piece which is brought down with a clap at the start and end of each take of a film
