clog

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• UK: /klɒɡ/
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• US: /klɑɡ/
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• US: /klɔɡ/
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Unknown; perhaps from Middle English clog (“weight attached to the leg of an animal to impede movement”). Perhaps of North Germanic origin and derived from Proto-Germanic *klumpô (“lump, mass, clasp”); compare Old Norse klugu, klogo (“knotty tree log”), Dutch klomp.

130 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قُبْقَاب (qubqāb) — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Arabic: قَبْقَاب (qabqāb) — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Arabic: قُبْقَاب (gubgāb) — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Bulgarian: налъм (nalǎm) — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Catalan: esclop — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Catalan: soc — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Chinese: 屐 (jī) — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Czech: dřevák — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Danish: træsko — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Dutch: klomp — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Faroese: tufla — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Finnish: puukenkä — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• French: sabot — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Galician: zoca — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Galician: chanca — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Galician: zamanco — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Galician: galocha — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• German: Holzschuh — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• German: Holzpantoffel — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• German: Pantine — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Greek: ξυλοπάπουτσο (xylopápoutso) — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Greek: τσόκαρο (tsókaro) — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Ancient Greek: κλάπαι (klápai) — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Hebrew: קבקב (qavqáv) — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Hungarian: klumpa — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Icelandic: klossi — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Icelandic: hnallur — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Icelandic: tréskór — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Irish: paitín — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Italian: zoccolo — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Japanese: 木靴 (kigutsu) — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Latin: sculpōnea — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Latvian: klikata — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Macanese: chiripo — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Macanese: xiripo — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Macedonian: кломпа (klompa) — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Middle English: patyn — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Norman: riboule — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Norman: chabot — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Plautdietsch: Kloff — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Polish: drewniak — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Portuguese: tamanco — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Russian: сабо́ (sabó) — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Lower Sorbian: drjewjanka — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Spanish: zueco — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Swedish: träsko — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Ottoman Turkish: نعل (naʼl) — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Venetan: sgàlmara — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Welsh: clocs — a type of shoe with an inflexible, often wooden sole and an open heel
• Azerbaijani: tutulma — a blockage
• Bulgarian: пречка (prečka) — a blockage
• Bulgarian: препятствие (prepjatstvie) — a blockage
• Chinese: 阻塞 — a blockage
• Dutch: verstopping — a blockage
• French: bouchon — a blockage
• German: hemmen — a blockage
• German: verstopfen — a blockage
• Greek: εμπόδιο (empódio) — a blockage
• Icelandic: stífla — a blockage
• Italian: intasamento — a blockage
• Italian: ostruzione — a blockage
• Italian: tappo — a blockage
• Korean: 방해물 (banghaemul) — a blockage
• Latin: sufflamen — a blockage
• Portuguese: obstrução — a blockage
• Russian: засо́р (zasór) — a blockage
• Russian: про́бка (próbka) — a blockage
• Spanish: azolve — a blockage
• Spanish: azolvamiento — a blockage
• Spanish: asolvamiento — a blockage
• Bulgarian: пречка (prečka) — an encumbrance or impediment
• Bulgarian: препятствие (prepjatstvie) — an encumbrance or impediment
• German: Klotz — an encumbrance or impediment
• Latin: sufflamen — an encumbrance or impediment
• Māori: kūkā — an encumbrance or impediment
• Māori: kūtā — an encumbrance or impediment
• Russian: препя́тствие (prepjátstvije) — an encumbrance or impediment
• Bulgarian: преча (preča) — to block or slow passage through
• Bulgarian: задръствам (zadrǎstvam) — to block or slow passage through
• Bulgarian: запушвам (zapušvam) — to block or slow passage through
• Bulgarian: запуша (zapuša) — to block or slow passage through
• Chinese Cantonese: 阻塞 (zo2sak1) — to block or slow passage through
• Chinese Mandarin: 阻塞 (zǔsè) — to block or slow passage through
• Czech: ucpat — to block or slow passage through
• Finnish: tukkia — to block or slow passage through
• French: boucher — to block or slow passage through
• Galician: atoar — to block or slow passage through
• German: verstopfen — to block or slow passage through
• Greek: βουλώνω (voulóno) — to block or slow passage through
• Greek: φράζω (frázo) — to block or slow passage through
• Greek: εμποδίζω (empodízo) — to block or slow passage through
• Hungarian: eldugul — to block or slow passage through
• Icelandic: stífla — to block or slow passage through
• Irish: tacht — to block or slow passage through
• Irish: bac — to block or slow passage through
• Irish: calc — to block or slow passage through
• Italian: intasare — to block or slow passage through
• Italian: ostruire — to block or slow passage through
• Italian: bloccare — to block or slow passage through
• Italian: otturare — to block or slow passage through
• Japanese: 詰まる (tsumaru) — to block or slow passage through
• Kabuverdianu: intepi — to block or slow passage through
• Kabuverdianu: ntupi — to block or slow passage through
• Kazakh: бітеу (bıteu) — to block or slow passage through
• Māori: whakaapi — to block or slow passage through
• Māori: taipuru — to block or slow passage through
• Old English: forstoppian — to block or slow passage through
• Polish: zapychać — to block or slow passage through
• Polish: zapchać — to block or slow passage through
• Polish: zatykać — to block or slow passage through
• Polish: zatkać — to block or slow passage through
• Portuguese: entupir — to block or slow passage through
• Portuguese: obstruir — to block or slow passage through
• Romanian: înfunda — to block or slow passage through
• Russian: забива́ть (zabivátʹ) — to block or slow passage through
• Russian: заби́ть (zabítʹ) — to block or slow passage through
• Russian: засоря́ть (zasorjátʹ) — to block or slow passage through
• Russian: засори́ть (zasorítʹ) — to block or slow passage through
• Spanish: obstruir — to block or slow passage through
• Spanish: azolvar — to block or slow passage through
• Spanish: bloquear — to block or slow passage through
• Spanish: congestionar — to block or slow passage through
• Spanish: atascar — to block or slow passage through
• Spanish: atorar — to block or slow passage through
• Spanish: taponear — to block or slow passage through
• Spanish: tupir — to block or slow passage through
• Spanish: cegar — to block or slow passage through
• Swedish: stoppa upp — to block or slow passage through
• Swedish: täppa — to block or slow passage through
• Turkish: tıkamak — to block or slow passage through