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From Middle English clippen, cleppen, clüppen, from Old English clyppan (“to hug, embrace, cherish, clasp”), from Proto-Germanic *klumpijaną, from Proto-Indo-European *glemb-, *glembh- (“lump, clump, clod, clamp”). Cognate with Old Frisian kleppa, klippa (“to hug, embrace”), Middle High German klimpen, klimpfen (“to contract tightly, constrict, squeeze”).

From Middle English clippen, from Old Norse klippa (“to clip, cut the hair, shear sheep”). Cognate with Icelandic klippa (“to clip”), Swedish klippa (“to clip”), Danish klippe (“to clip”), Norwegian Bokmål klippe (“to clip”).

133 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: مِشْبَك (mišbak) — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Assamese: কিলিপ (kilip) — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Azerbaijani: qısqac — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Azerbaijani: sıxac — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Belarusian: сашчэ́пка (saščépka) — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Belarusian: заціска́ч (zaciskáč) — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Belarusian: за́ціск (zácisk) — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Belarusian: скаба́ (skabá) — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Belarusian: кліпс (klips) — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Bulgarian: скоба (skoba) — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Bulgarian: щипка (štipka) — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Bulgarian: кламер (klamer) — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Czech: spona — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Czech: svorka — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Finnish: nipistin — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Finnish: klipsi — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• French: pince — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• German: Klips — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• German: Clips — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• German: Klammer — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• German: Klemme — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• German: Chlempi — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Macedonian: шти́пка (štípka) — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Māori: rawhi — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Portuguese: clipe — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Portuguese: clips — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Romanian: agrafă — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Russian: скре́пка (skrépka) — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Russian: зажи́м (zažím) — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Russian: скоба́ (skobá) — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Russian: кли́пса (klípsa) — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Russian: клипс (klips) — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Slovak: sponka — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Turkish: kıskaç — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Ukrainian: скрі́пка (skrípka) — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Ukrainian: затиска́ч (zatyskáč) — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Ukrainian: за́тиск (zátysk) — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Ukrainian: скоба́ (skobá) — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Ukrainian: кліпс (klips) — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Vietnamese: kẹp (cái) — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Vietnamese: ghim (cái) — something which clips or grasps; a device for attaching one object to another.
• Bulgarian: прегръдка (pregrǎdka) — (obsolete) an embrace
• Finnish: halaus — (obsolete) an embrace
• Finnish: syleily — (obsolete) an embrace
• French: accolade — (obsolete) an embrace
• French: étreinte — (obsolete) an embrace
• Portuguese: abraço — (obsolete) an embrace
• Portuguese: amplexo — (obsolete) an embrace
• Bulgarian: пълнител (pǎlnitel) — frame containing bullets
• Finnish: patruunakampa — frame containing bullets
• Finnish: patruunaside — frame containing bullets
• Finnish: kampa — frame containing bullets
• German: Ladestreifen — frame containing bullets
• Polish: łódka nabojowa — frame containing bullets
• Portuguese: clipe — frame containing bullets
• Portuguese: pente — frame containing bullets
• Russian: обойма (obojma) — frame containing bullets
• Arabic: كْلِيبْ (klīb) — something which has been clipped
• Bulgarian: клип (klip) — something which has been clipped
• Bulgarian: изрезка (izrezka) — something which has been clipped
• Esperanto: filmeto — something which has been clipped
• Finnish: leike — something which has been clipped
• Finnish: klippi — something which has been clipped
• Finnish: videoleike — something which has been clipped
• French: extrait — something which has been clipped
• French: clip — something which has been clipped
• Māori: topenga pāpāho) — something which has been clipped
• Portuguese: recorte — something which has been clipped
• Portuguese: trecho — something which has been clipped
• Portuguese: excerto — something which has been clipped
• Portuguese: fragmento — something which has been clipped
• Russian: вы́резка (výrezka) — something which has been clipped
• Russian: клип (klip) — something which has been clipped
• Bulgarian: стригане (strigane) — an act of clipping
• Bulgarian: подрязване (podrjazvane) — an act of clipping
• French: tonte — an act of clipping
• Macedonian: стри́жење (stríženje) — an act of clipping
• Portuguese: corte — an act of clipping
• Russian: стри́жка (strížka) — an act of clipping
• Russian: выреза́ние (vyrezánije) — an act of clipping
• Scottish Gaelic: cliop — an act of clipping
• Bulgarian: защипвам (zaštipvam) — to grip tightly
• French: maintenir — to grip tightly
• German: festklemmen — to grip tightly
• German: klammern — to grip tightly
• Māori: rawhi — to grip tightly
• Māori: rarawhi — to grip tightly
• Portuguese: agarrar — to grip tightly
• Russian: зажима́ть (zažimátʹ) — to grip tightly
• Russian: зажа́ть (zažátʹ) — to grip tightly
• Russian: закрепля́ть (zakrepljátʹ) — to grip tightly
• Russian: закрепи́ть (zakrepítʹ) — to grip tightly
• Vietnamese: kẹp — to grip tightly
• Vietnamese: ghim — to grip tightly
• Bulgarian: прикачам (prikačam) — to fasten with a clip
• Danish: clipse — to fasten with a clip
• Danish: klipse — to fasten with a clip
• Finnish: liittää — to fasten with a clip
• Finnish: kiinnittää paperiliittimellä — to fasten with a clip
• French: pincer — to fasten with a clip
• German: klemmen — to fasten with a clip
• German: klammern — to fasten with a clip
• Portuguese: grampear — to fasten with a clip
• Russian: закрепля́ть (zakrepljátʹ) — to fasten with a clip
• Russian: закрепи́ть (zakrepítʹ) — to fasten with a clip
• Bulgarian: стрижа (striža) — to cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc
• Bulgarian: кастря (kastrja) — to cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc
• Bulgarian: подрязвам (podrjazvam) — to cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc
• Czech: stříhat — to cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc
• Danish: klippe — to cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc
• Esperanto: tondi — to cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc
• Finnish: saksia — to cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc
• French: découper — to cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc
• Macedonian: стри́же (stríže) — to cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc
• Macedonian: ка́стри (kástri) — to cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc
• Polish: przyciąć — to cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc
• Polish: przycinać — to cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc
• Portuguese: cortar — to cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc
• Portuguese: recortar — to cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc
• Russian: стричь (stričʹ) — to cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc
• Russian: постри́чь (postríčʹ) — to cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc
• Scottish Gaelic: cliop — to cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc
• Ottoman Turkish: قرقمق (kırkmak) — to cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc
• Vietnamese: cắt — to cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc
• Vietnamese: xén — to cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc
• Vietnamese: hớt — to cut, especially with scissors or shears as opposed to a knife etc
• Bulgarian: удрям (udrjam) — to strike with the hand
• French: taper — to strike with the hand
• Macedonian: у́дри (údri) — to strike with the hand
• Portuguese: tapear — to strike with the hand
• Portuguese: estapear — to strike with the hand
• Portuguese: esbofetear — to strike with the hand
• French: accrocher — to hit or strike in passing