clough

Significat (Anglès)

1. (Northern-England, US) A narrow valley; a cleft in a hillside; a ravine, glen, or gorge.
2. A sluice used in returning water to a channel after depositing its sediment on the flooded land.
3. (dialectal) The cleft or fork of a tree; crotch.
4. (dialectal) A wood; weald.

Sinònims

water gate

hydropore

Traduccions

kloof

ravijn

dar bir vadi

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/klʌf/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: clough

Heretat de anglès antic: *clōh

Cognat amb escocès: cleuch

Cognat amb alt alemany antic: klāh

Cognat amb alt alemany antic: klingo

Cognat amb nòrdic antic: klofi

Cognat amb neerlandès: kloof

In summary

From Middle English clough, clow, cloȝ, from Old English *clōh, from Proto-Germanic *klanhaz, *klanhō (“cleft, sluice, abyss”), of uncertain origin, possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gel- (“to form into a ball”).
Cognate with Scots cleuch (“gorge; ravine”), Old High German klāh (in placenames), Old High German klingo, klinga (“brook, cataract, gulf, rapids”). Perhaps conflated or influenced by Old Norse klofi (“a cleft or rift in a hill, ravine”); compare Dutch kloof (“a slit, crevice, chink”). See also cling, clove.