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clo.

lock, bolt

3 characters1 syllables approx.Cymraeg language

Meaning & usage

noun/kloː/
  1. lock, bolt

    masculine
  2. impediment, difficulty

    masculine
  3. consonance or correspondence of consonants in cynghanedd; often figurative

    masculine
  4. lock, brake; mechanism that explodes charge in gun

    masculine
  5. canal lock

    masculine
  6. cluster, bunch

    masculine
  7. lock

    masculine
  8. conclusion

    masculine
Where this word comes from

From Proto-Brythonic *klọw, from Proto-Celtic *klāwos, possibly from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w- (“hook, crook, peg”) (whence Latin clāvis).

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