claie

French

Etymology

From Old French cloie, from Early Medieval Latin clēta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klɛ/

• Audio:

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Noun

claie f (plural claies)

1. wicker rack; trellis
2. hurdle (temporary fence, hedge)

Further reading

• “claie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• MacBain, Alexander, Mackay, Eneas (1911) “claie”, in An Etymological Dictionary of the Gaelic Language‎^[1], Stirling, →ISBN, page cliath

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Bulgarian кладня (kladnja), ultimately from Proto-Slavic *klasti.

Noun

claie f (plural clăi)

1. haystack

   Synonym: căpiță

2. heap, pile
3. a bunch, mass, multitude, throng, crowd

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	claie	claia		clăi	clăile
genitive-dative	clăi	clăii		clăi	clăilor
vocative	claie, claio			clăilor

See also

• grămadă
• mulțime