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• /ˈklɪŋ/
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Imitative; compare clink, clang.

From Middle English clingen, from Old English clingan (“to adhere”), from Proto-West Germanic *klingan, from Proto-Germanic *klinganą. Cognate with Danish klynge (“to cluster, to crowd”). Compare clump.

86 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: klou — hold tightly
• Arabic: تَمَسَّكَ (tamassaka) — hold tightly
• Armenian: կառչել (kaṙčʻel) — hold tightly
• Bulgarian: прилепвам (prilepvam) — hold tightly
• Bulgarian: придържам се о (pridǎržam se o) — hold tightly
• Chinese Mandarin: 粘住 (niánzhù) — hold tightly
• Chinese Mandarin: 依附 (yīfù) — hold tightly
• Czech: držet se — hold tightly
• Czech: lnout — hold tightly
• Czech: přiléhat — hold tightly
• Czech: lpět — hold tightly
• Dutch: klampen — hold tightly
• Esperanto: alkroĉiĝi — hold tightly
• Esperanto: alteni — hold tightly
• Estonian: liibuma — hold tightly
• Finnish: takertua — hold tightly
• Finnish: tarrautua — hold tightly
• French: accrocher — hold tightly
• French: s'accrocher — hold tightly
• French: coller — hold tightly
• French: se coller — hold tightly
• Galician: soster — hold tightly
• Galician: agarrar — hold tightly
• Galician: suxeitar — hold tightly
• German: haften — hold tightly
• German: sich klammern — hold tightly
• Indonesian: menyangkut — hold tightly
• Indonesian: menyangkutkan — hold tightly
• Indonesian: bergantung — hold tightly
• Indonesian: menggantung — hold tightly
• Indonesian: menggantungkan — hold tightly
• Italian: aggrapparsi — hold tightly
• Italian: abbarbicarsi — hold tightly
• Italian: appiccicarsi — hold tightly
• Italian: avvilupparsi — hold tightly
• Italian: aderire — hold tightly
• Italian: attaccarsi — hold tightly
• Japanese: 掛ける (kakeru) — hold tightly
• Japanese: ぶら下がる (burasagaru) — hold tightly
• Japanese: ぶら下げる (burasageru) — hold tightly
• Latin: adhaereo — hold tightly
• Latin: haereo — hold tightly
• Māori: whakaawhiawhi — hold tightly
• Māori: aropiri — hold tightly
• Māori: napi — hold tightly
• Māori: nanapi — hold tightly
• Māori: tāmaua — hold tightly
• Māori: whakatāmau — hold tightly
• Māori: tauawhi — hold tightly
• Norwegian: klenge — hold tightly
• Occitan: agafar — hold tightly
• Occitan: agantar — hold tightly
• Occitan: sasir — hold tightly
• Old English: clingan — hold tightly
• Polish: przylgnąć — hold tightly
• Portuguese: agarrar (-se) — hold tightly
• Russian: льнуть (lʹnutʹ) — hold tightly
• Russian: прилипа́ть (prilipátʹ) — hold tightly
• Russian: цепля́ться (cepljátʹsja) — hold tightly
• Sanskrit: श्लिष्यति (śliṣyati) — hold tightly
• Sanskrit: स्निह्यति (snihyati) — hold tightly
• Spanish: sostener — hold tightly
• Spanish: aferrarse — hold tightly
• Spanish: sujetar — hold tightly
• Spanish: agarrarse — hold tightly
• Spanish: ceñir — hold tightly
• Spanish: agarrar — hold tightly
• Spanish: aferrar — hold tightly
• Tocharian B: trenk- — hold tightly
• Tocharian B: tsu- — hold tightly
• Turkish: sokulmak — hold tightly
• Ukrainian: чіпля́тися (čipljátysja) — hold tightly
• Ukrainian: вчепи́тися (včepýtysja) — hold tightly
• Ukrainian: учепи́тися (učepýtysja) — hold tightly
• Vietnamese: bám — hold tightly
• Czech: lpět — (figuratively) feel strongly about
• German: hängen an — (figuratively) feel strongly about
• German: sich klammern — (figuratively) feel strongly about
• Ancient Greek: ἔχομαι (ékhomai) — (figuratively) feel strongly about
• Ancient Greek: περιέχομαι (periékhomai) — (figuratively) feel strongly about
• Italian: radicarsi — (figuratively) feel strongly about
• Italian: fissarsi — (figuratively) feel strongly about
• Russian: цепля́ться за (cepljátʹsja) — (figuratively) feel strongly about
• Spanish: estar apegado a — (figuratively) feel strongly about
• Spanish: aferrarse — (figuratively) feel strongly about
• Spanish: apegarse — (figuratively) feel strongly about