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• /ˈklɛft/
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• [ˈkhl̥ɛft]
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From Middle English clift, from Old English ġeclyft, from Proto-West Germanic *klufti, from Proto-Germanic *kluftiz, equivalent to cleave + -t (“-th”). Compare Dutch klucht (“coarse comedy”), Swedish klyft (“cave, den”), German Kluft. See cleave.

71 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Czech: rozštěpený — Split, divided, or partially divided into two
• Finnish: halkinainen — Split, divided, or partially divided into two
• Hindi: विदलित (vidlit) — Split, divided, or partially divided into two
• Latin: bifidus — Split, divided, or partially divided into two
• Māori: tararua — Split, divided, or partially divided into two
• Norwegian: kløyve — Split, divided, or partially divided into two
• Swedish: klyva — Split, divided, or partially divided into two
• Arabic: شَقّ (šaqq) — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Arabic: شَرْم (šarm) — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Arabic: صَدْع (ṣadʕ) — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Bulgarian: цепнатина (cepnatina) — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Bulgarian: цепка (cepka) — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Chinese Mandarin: 裂縫 /裂缝 (lièfèng) — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Czech: trhlina — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Czech: prasklina — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Czech: štěrbina — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Czech: puklina — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Czech: rozštěp — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Danish: revne — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Danish: spalte — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Dutch: spleet — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Dutch: kloof — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Finnish: lovi — opening made or as if made by splitting
• French: fissure — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Galician: fenda — opening made or as if made by splitting
• German: Spalte — opening made or as if made by splitting
• German: Riß — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Ancient Greek: ῥωχμός (rhōkhmós) — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Hebrew: שסע — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Hebrew: בקע — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Hindi: विदर (vidar) — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Hindi: दरार (darār) — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Hindi: विभ्रंश (vibhrañś) — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Hindi: फटन (phaṭan) — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Hindi: फटाव (phaṭāv) — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Hungarian: hasadék — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Italian: fessura — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Japanese: 裂け目 (sakeme) — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Japanese: 割れ目 (wareme) — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Kazakh: жарық (jaryq) — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Kazakh: сызат (syzat) — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Kazakh: жарықшақ (jaryqşaq) — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Korean: 골 (gol) — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Korean: 샅 (sat) — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Macedonian: цепна́тина (cepnátina) — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Macedonian: це́пка (cépka) — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Māori: hakono — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Norwegian: revne — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Norwegian: spalte — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Occitan: fracha — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Occitan: fendascla — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Occitan: fendilha — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Occitan: ascladura — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Persian: تراک (tarāk) — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Polish: szczelina — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Portuguese: rachadura — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Portuguese: fissura — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Portuguese: partido — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Russian: расще́лина (rasščélina) — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Russian: тре́щина (tréščina) — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Russian: рассе́лина (rassélina) — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Serbo-Croatian: пукотина — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Serbo-Croatian: pukotina — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Spanish: hendidura — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Swedish: klyfta — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Swedish: spricka — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Swedish: rämna — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Turkish: yarık — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Ottoman Turkish: فتق (fıtık) — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Ottoman Turkish: چاك (çâk) — opening made or as if made by splitting
• Zazaki: qeliş — opening made or as if made by splitting