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clubs

noun · verb · 6 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /klʌbz/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Ireland, Northern-England: /klʊbz/
  • rhymes with -ʌbz
  • CMU ARPABET: K L AH1 B Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

plural of club

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, plural

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Alternative form of clumps (“game of asking questions”).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: alt-of, alternative

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

One of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: card-games, games

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

An apparatus, consisting of a set of two clubs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable

Qualifier: rhythmic gymnastics

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

An apparatus, consisting of a set of two clubs.

An apparatus program with clubs.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, metonymically

Qualifier: rhythmic gymnastics

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

third-person singular simple present indicative of club

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

102 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: spathi — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Arabic: السِّبَاتِي (as-sibātī) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Arabic: شيريا (šīrya) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Armenian: խաչ (xačʻ) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Azerbaijani: klub — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Azerbaijani: xaç — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Azerbaijani: tref — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Belarusian: трэ́фа (tréfa) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Belarusian: жо́лудзь (žóludzʹ) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Bengali: চিড়িতন (ciṛiton) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Bulgarian: спати́я (spatíja) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Bulgarian: тре́фа (tréfa) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Burmese: ညှင်း (hnyang:) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Catalan: trèvols — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Chakma: 𑄌𑄨𑄢𑄨𑄖𑄧𑄚𑄴 (ciritan) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Chinese Mandarin: 梅花 (méihuā) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Chinese Mandarin: 黑梅花 (hēiméihuā) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Czech: kříže — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Danish: klør — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Dutch: klaveren — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Esperanto: trefo — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Estonian: risti — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Finnish: risti — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • French: trèfle — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Galician: trevos — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Georgian: ჯვარი (ǯvari) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • German: Kreuz — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • German: Treff — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Greek: σπαθιά (spathiá) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Hausa: caka — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Hindi: चिड़ी (ciṛī) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Hindi: चिड़िया (ciṛiyā) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Hungarian: treff — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Icelandic: lauf — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Ingrian: risti — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Interlingua: trifolio — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Italian: fiori — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Japanese: クラブ (kurabu) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Kazakh: кіреш (kıreş) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Kazakh: шыбын (şybyn) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Kazakh: шытыр (şytyr) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Khmer: ជួង (cuəng) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Korean: 클럽 (keulleop) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Kyrgyz: чырым (cırım) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Kyrgyz: чытыр (cıtır) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Latin: flores — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Latvian: krusts — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Latvian: kreicis — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Lithuanian: kryžiai — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Lithuanian: gilės — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Luxembourgish: Kräizer — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Macedonian: детелина (detelina) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Macedonian: треф (tref) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Malay: kelawar — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Maltese: mazzi — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Mongolian: цэцэг (ceceg) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Navajo: báasdos — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kløver — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kløver — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Ojibwe: danens — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Ojibwe: binewizid — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Iranian Persian: گِشْنیز (gešniz) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Iranian Persian: خاج (xâj) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Iranian Persian: کِلاب (kelâb) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Polish: trefl — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Polish: żołądź — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Portuguese: paus — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Romanian: treflă — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Russian: тре́фы (tréfy) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Russian: кре́сти (krésti) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Russian: тре́фа (tréfa) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Serbo-Croatian: тре̏ф — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Serbo-Croatian: trȅf — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Silesian: krojc — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Slovak: tref — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Slovak: kríže — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Slovene: kríž — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Spanish: bastos — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Spanish: tréboles — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Swahili: pao — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Swahili: mavi ya mbuzi — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Swahili: karanga — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Swedish: klöver — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Tagalog: bastos — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Tajik: чилликхол (čillikxol) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Tajik: чиллик (čillik) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Thai: ดอกจิก (dɔ̀ɔk-jìk) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Turkish: sinek — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Turkish: ispati — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Ottoman Turkish: سیڭك (siŋek) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Ottoman Turkish: اسپاتی (ispati) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Turkmen: jydak — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Ukrainian: тре́фа (tréfa) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Ukrainian: жир (žyr) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Urdu: چِڑْیا (ciṛyā) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Uyghur: چىتتىر (chittir) — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Uzbek: chillik — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Vietnamese: nhép — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Vietnamese: tép — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Vietnamese: chuồn — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Welsh: meillion — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
  • Welsh: clybiau — one of the four suits of playing cards, marked with the symbol ♣
Real reading context

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