claves

Meaning

A percussion instrument, consisting of two sticks or blocks, in which one is struck against the other in order to produce a sound.

clavis

1. A Roman key.
2. A device for restraint of the hands.
3. Synonym of glossary: a key to the meaning of various terms.
4. A key; an identification guide; a series of logically organized groups of discriminating information which aims to allow the user to correctly identify a taxon.

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Translations

bastons

claves

Claves

claves

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kleɪvz/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin American Spanish claves (plural), from Latin clāvis (“a key; a lever, bar”).