klinker

See also: Klinker

English

Noun

klinker (countable and uncountable, plural klinkers)

1. Dated form of clinker.

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch klinker.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkləŋ.kər/

• Audio:

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Noun

klinker (plural klinkers, diminutive klinkertjie)

1. vowel
2. clinker (brick)
3. hardtack

Dutch

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɪŋ.kər/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: klin‧ker
• Rhymes: -ɪŋkər

Etymology 1

From earlier klinckaerd, klinkert, from Middle Dutch clinker, clinkaert, related to Middle Low German klinkert (“hard-fired brick”); equivalent to klinken +‎ -er.

Noun

klinker m (plural klinkers, diminutive klinkertje n)

1. clinker brick; (by extension) any kind of brick used for pavement

Alternative forms

• klinkaard (dated)
• klinkerd (dated)

Derived terms

• klinkerweg

Descendants

• Afrikaans: klinker
• Negerhollands: klinker
• → English: clinker
• → German: Klinker
• → Papiamentu: klenker, klenku
• → West Frisian: klinkert

Etymology 2

From earlier klincker, equivalent to klinken +‎ -er, short for klinckletter (“sounding-letter”), a calque of Latin littera vocālis (“sounding-letter”). Compare Middle Dutch clinker (“announcer, crier”).

Noun

klinker m (plural klinkers, diminutive klinkertje n)

1. (phonetics) vowel

   Synonyms: klinkletter, vocaal

   Coordinate term: medeklinker

   Het Nederlands heeft vijf basisklinkers: a, e, i, o, u.

   Dutch has five basic vowels: a, e, i, o, u.

   De klinkers in het woord "huis" zijn "ui".

   The vowels in the word "huis" (house) are "ui".

   De taalkundige bestudeert de verschillende klinkers in verschillende talen.

   The linguist studies the different vowels in various languages.

2. (uncommon, orthography) vowel letter (character that designates a vowel)

   Synonym: klinkletter

Derived terms

• medeklinker
• slotklinker

Descendants

• Afrikaans: klinker
• → West Frisian: klinker

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish klinkier.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkliŋ.kɛr/
• Rhymes: -iŋkɛr
• Syllabification: klin‧ker

Noun

klinker m inan (related adjective klinkerowi)

1. clinker (very hard brick)

Derived terms

nouns

• klinkerowniô
• klinkerówka

 

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “klinkier”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011) “klinkier”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]

Swedish

Noun

klinker c

1. (countable or collectively) clinker, clinker brick (hard brick)

Declension

Declension of klinker

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	klinker	klinkers
	definite	klinkern	klinkerns
plural	indefinite	klinker, klinkers	klinkers
	definite	klinkerna	klinkernas

References

• klinker in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• klinker in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• klinker in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)