clay
Significado (Inglés)
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- A mineral substance made up of small crystals of silica and alumina, that is ductile when moist; the material of pre-fired ceramics.
- An earth material with ductile qualities.
- A tennis court surface made of crushed stone, brick, shale, or other unbound mineral aggregate.
- The material of the human body.
- A particle less than 3.9 microns in diameter, following the Wentworth scale.
- A clay pipe for smoking tobacco.
- (informal) A clay pigeon.
- Land or territory of a country or other political region, especially when subject to territorial claims.
- A moth, Mythimna ferrago
Conceptos
arcilla
barro
greda
lodo
fango
cadáver
tierra
caolín
terreno resbaladizo
suelo arcillioso rojo
suciedad
cenizas
cuerpo
fiambre
muerto
restos
restos mortales
limo
légamo
alfar
polilla arcilla
Frecuencia
Pronunciado como (IPA)
/kleɪ/
Etimología (Inglés)
From Middle English cley, clay, from Old English clǣġ (“clay”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaij, from Proto-Germanic *klajjaz (“clay”), from Proto-Indo-European *gley- (“to glue, paste, stick together”). Cognate with Dutch klei (“clay”), Low German Klei (“clay”), German Klei, Danish klæg (“clay”); compare Ancient Greek γλία (glía), Latin glūten (“glue”) (whence ultimately English glue), Russian глина (glina, “clay”). Related also to clag, clog.
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