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clan.

clan

4 characters1 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

noun/klɑ̃/
  1. clan

    masculine
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from English clan, from Scottish Gaelic clann (“progeny, race”), from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta (“shoot, offspring”), and therefore a doublet of plante.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.