cllâf

See also: cla, CLA, clã, and -cla

Franco-Provençal

Alternative forms

cla, clia (Old Bressan) çlyô, lyô, clyâ (Bressan) cla (Old Dauphinois) clar (Old Fribourgeois) hyâ (Fribourgeois) cla (Old Lyonnais) clla (Valdôtain) clâf (ORB, narrow) clâ (Piemontais) shlô (Valaisan)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin clāvis.

Noun

cllâf f (plural cllâfs) (ORB, broad)

1. key

Notes

Silent ⟨f⟩ in accordance with French clef.

References

• clé in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• cllâf in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

Further information

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 889: “la chiave; le chiavi” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• ALF: Atlas Linguistique de la France^[1] [Linguistic Atlas of France] – map 301: “clé” – on lig-tdcge.imag.fr
• Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “clavis”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 2: C Q K, page 764