Feminine

clef

Meaning

  1. (alt-of, alternative, feminine) alternative spelling of clé (“key”)
  2. (feminine) clef
  3. (feminine) key; the device as shown on a coat of arms

Concepts

key
🔑
wrench
🔧
spanner
clef
adjustable wrench
adjustable spanner
winder

screw wrench

crown
👑
locked
monkey wrench
operative
paint
pivot
tonality
Crown
👑
Key
🔑

punch-line

vital point

samara

Francis Scott Key

Florida key

key fruit

bass clef
cay

clef sign

clue
headstone
🪦
heddle
keystone
lock
🔒
Synonyms

clé
A2
🔑
touche
A2

serre-écrou

clef à écrous

prise
A2

clé de serrage

fermée à clé

fond
A2
🔙
indice
B2
légende
B2
milieu
A2
peindre
C1
piste
B1
pivot
32k
principal
B1

samara

sommet
B2
ton
A1
tonalité
C2
couronne
B2
👑
voûte
C2
clef de voûte
clefs
C1
clés
B1
Couronne
B2
👑

fermé à clé fermé à clef

samare

point essentiel

rivet d’éventail

central
B2

Clef

clés de serrage

système tonal

cayes

Key

key

couronnement
C2
faîte
37k
🔝
Translations

chiave
🔑
chave
🔑
Schlüssel
🔑
sleutel
🔑
llave
🔑
clau
🔑
clave
🔑

κλειδί

clavis
🔑
anahtar
🔑
enextar
🔑

clau

mift
🔑
kilîd
🔑
Frequency

C1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kle/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French clef, from Old French clef, from Latin clāvis, from Proto-Italic *klāwis, from Proto-Indo-European *(s)kleh₂w-. According to Bescherelle.

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