chave

(Engels)

Noun

1. (feminine) key (object that opens and closes a lock)
2. (feminine) key (object that is inserted into a device and rotated to activate it)
3. (feminine) any of several tools designed to turn screws, bolts, nuts, etc., especially a spanner
4. (feminine) curly bracket (name of the characters { and })
5. (feminine, figuratively) key (crucial step, element or requirement)
6. (feminine, figuratively) keys (free access to something)
7. (feminine) key; password
8. (feminine) key (a string used to encode or decode text)
9. (feminine) key (value that identifies a row in a table)
10. (feminine) a key of a wind instrument
11. (feminine) tuning lever; tuning wrench; hammer (tool used to tune certain stringed instruments)
12. (feminine) winder (key or knob used to wind a clockwork mechanism)
13. (feminine) the switch of a circuit breaker
14. (feminine) the clue to an answer
15. (feminine) group; pool (in a tournament, a set of players or team who play against one another)
16. (feminine) joint lock
17. (feminine) the mechanism that activates a switch
18. (feminine) the keystone of a vault
19. (feminine, obsolete) synonym of clave
20. (feminine) clavis; key (groups of information used for identifying a taxon)

Adj

key; crucial; indispensable

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈʃa.vi/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Latyn: clāvis

Verwante met Galisies: chave

Verwante met Spaans: llave

Verwante met Frans: clé

Verwante met Italiaans: chiave

Verwante met Roemeens: cheie

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese chave (“key”), from Latin clāvis (“key”), from Proto-Italic *klāwis (“bolt, lock, bar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- (“nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors”) (possibly through an Ancient Greek intermediate). Doublet of clave, a learned borrowing.
Cognate with Galician chave, Spanish llave, Catalan and Occitan clau, French clé, Italian chiave and Romanian cheie.

Sinonieme

tecla

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chave inglesa

interruptor

chave de boca

Chave

índice

botão de accionamento

Vertalings

key

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clé

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chiave

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Schlüssel

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sleutel

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klucz

clef

llave

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clave

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clau

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κλειδί

anahtar

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clavis

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مفتاح

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clau

Sinne

A questão chave não é colocar a tecnologia sem saber por quê .

The key issue is not to put the technology without knowing why.

Fala , você já deve ter percebido , na chave de uma parábola .

Speak, you may have already noticed, in the key of a parable.