Clan

//klæn//

Synonyms for "clan" (153 found)

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Closest matches (31)

Noun(1 words)
canton

Strong matches (46)

Noun(2 words)
kinkin group

Related words (76)

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coordinate

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derived

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has context

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is a

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related to

17 entries

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Translations

126 translations across 75 languages.

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Albanian

3 entries
  • farefis noun (group having common ancestor)
  • farë noun (group having common ancestor)
  • fis noun (group having common ancestor)

Arabic

1 entries
  • عَشِيرَة noun (group having common ancestor)

Armenian

2 entries
  • տոհմ noun (group having common ancestor)
  • ցեղ noun (group having common ancestor)

Avestan

1 entries
  • 𐬬𐬍𐬯 noun (group having common ancestor)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • qəbilə noun (group having common ancestor)

Bashkir

1 entries
  • ырыу noun (group having common ancestor)

Basque

1 entries
  • jas noun (group having common ancestor)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • клан noun (group having common ancestor)
  • род noun (group having common ancestor)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • клан noun (group having common ancestor)
  • род noun (group having common ancestor)

Buryat

4 entries
  • обог noun (group having common ancestor)
  • омог noun (group having common ancestor)
  • отог noun (group of relatives with some degree of political organization)
  • яһан noun (group having common ancestor)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 一族 noun (group having common ancestor)
  • 家族 noun (group having common ancestor)
  • 氏族 noun (group having common ancestor)

Chuvash

1 entries
  • йӑх noun (group having common ancestor)

Czech

3 entries
  • klan noun (group having common ancestor)
  • klan noun (group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games)
  • rod noun (group having common ancestor)

Danish

2 entries
  • klan noun (group having common ancestor)
  • klan noun (group of relatives with some degree of political organization)

Dutch

3 entries
  • clan noun (group having common ancestor)
  • sibbe noun (group having common ancestor)
  • stam noun (group having common ancestor)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • klano noun (group having common ancestor)

Finnish

1 entries
  • klaani noun (group having common ancestor)

Galician

1 entries
  • clan noun (group having common ancestor)

Georgian

1 entries
  • კლანი noun (group having common ancestor)

German

2 entries
  • Clan noun (group having common ancestor)
  • Sippe noun (group having common ancestor)

Hausa

1 entries
  • zuriya noun (group having common ancestor)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • חמולה noun (group having common ancestor)

Hindi

2 entries
  • खानदान noun (group having common ancestor)
  • वंश noun (group having common ancestor)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • klán noun (group having common ancestor)

Ido

1 entries
  • klano noun (group having common ancestor)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • klan noun (group having common ancestor)

Irish

1 entries
  • clann noun (group having common ancestor)

Italian

1 entries
  • clan noun (group having common ancestor)

Japanese

4 entries
  • クラン noun (group having common ancestor)
  • 一家 noun (group having common ancestor)
  • 一族 noun (group having common ancestor)
  • 一門 noun (group having common ancestor)

Kazakh

3 entries
  • ру noun (group having common ancestor)
  • тұқым noun (group having common ancestor)
  • ұқ noun (group having common ancestor)

Korean

1 entries
  • 씨족 noun (group having common ancestor)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • урук noun (group having common ancestor)
  • уруу noun (group having common ancestor)

Latin

2 entries
  • familia noun (group having common ancestor)
  • gens noun (group having common ancestor)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • клан noun (group having common ancestor)
  • род noun (group having common ancestor)

Manchu

1 entries
  • ᡶᠠᠯᡤᠠ noun (group having common ancestor)

Marathi

2 entries
  • कूळ noun (group having common ancestor)
  • क्लॅन noun (group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games)

Māori

3 entries
  • hapū noun (group having common ancestor)
  • matawaka noun (group having common ancestor)
  • mātāwaka noun (group having common ancestor)

Navajo

1 entries
  • dóoneʼé noun (group having common ancestor)

Nepali

1 entries
  • कुल noun (group having common ancestor)

Ngarrindjeri

1 entries
  • laklinyeri noun (group having common ancestor)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • mɓa noun (group having common ancestor)

Northern Altai

1 entries
  • ук noun (group having common ancestor)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • klan noun (group having common ancestor)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries
  • klan noun (group having common ancestor)

Old Armenian

3 entries
  • զարմ noun (group having common ancestor)
  • տոհմ noun (group having common ancestor)
  • ցեղ noun (group having common ancestor)

Old Persian

1 entries
  • 𐎻𐎰 noun (group having common ancestor)

Pashto

1 entries
  • خېل noun (group having common ancestor)

Persian

3 entries
  • طایفه noun (group having common ancestor)
  • قبیله noun (group having common ancestor)
  • ویس noun (group having common ancestor)

Polish

3 entries
  • klan noun (group having common ancestor)
  • klan noun (group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games)
  • ród noun (group having common ancestor)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • clã noun (group having common ancestor)
  • clã noun (group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games)

Punjabi

2 entries
  • گوت noun (group having common ancestor)
  • ਗੋਤ noun (group having common ancestor)

Russian

3 entries
  • клан noun (group having common ancestor)
  • клан noun (group of players who habitually play on the same team in multiplayer games)
  • род noun (group having common ancestor)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • cinneadh noun (group having common ancestor)
  • clann noun (group having common ancestor)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • bratstvo noun (group having common ancestor)
  • rod noun (group having common ancestor)
  • svojta noun (group having common ancestor)
  • zadruga noun (group having common ancestor)

Slovak

2 entries
  • klan noun (group having common ancestor)
  • rod noun (group having common ancestor)

Slovene

1 entries
  • klan noun (group having common ancestor)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • ук noun (group having common ancestor)

Spanish

1 entries
  • clan noun (group having common ancestor)

Swedish

2 entries
  • klan noun (group having common ancestor)
  • stam noun (group having common ancestor)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • angkan noun (group having common ancestor)

Tajik

2 entries
  • қабила noun (group having common ancestor)
  • қавм noun (group having common ancestor)

Tashelhit

1 entries
  • afus noun (group having common ancestor)

Thai

1 entries
  • โคตร noun (group having common ancestor)

Tocharian B

1 entries
  • kottär noun (group having common ancestor)

Tok Pisin

1 entries
  • pisin noun (group having common ancestor)

Turkish

2 entries
  • boy noun (group having common ancestor)
  • kabile noun (group having common ancestor)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • urug noun (group having common ancestor)

Ugaritic

1 entries
  • 𐎜𐎎𐎚 noun (group having common ancestor)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • клан noun (group having common ancestor)
  • рід noun (group having common ancestor)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • urugʻ noun (group having common ancestor)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • thị tộc noun (group having common ancestor)

Volapük

1 entries
  • dafamül noun (group having common ancestor)

Welsh

2 entries
  • clan noun (group having common ancestor)
  • claniau noun (group having common ancestor)

Western Yugur

1 entries
  • oruɣ noun (group having common ancestor)

Yakut

3 entries
  • аҕа ууһа noun (group having common ancestor)
  • ийэ ууһа noun (group having common ancestor)
  • уус noun (group having common ancestor)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

These figures are signs of a family or clan.

Source: tatoeba (55030)

Recite the names of the members of the Tokugawa clan.

Source: tatoeba (280516)

Local industry flourished throughout the land in the Edo period thanks to the promotional efforts by each clan.

Source: tatoeba (327546)

When you hear "clan and sept," you should think "all the relatives since forever and some of the allies, too."

Source: tatoeba (2017101)

Showing 4 of 13 available sentences.

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