A clove cigarette miasma made navigating the pub like swimming underwater.
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Clove
//kləʊv//
Synonyms for "clove" (15 found)
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Closest matches (3)
Noun(1 words)
Strong matches (5)
Related words (7)
Related word relations
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1 entriesis a
5 entriesrelated to
13 entriesTranslations
188 translations across 97 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- naeltjie noun (spice)
Albanian
2 entries- karafil noun (spice)
- thelpi noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
Amharic
1 entries- ቅርንፉድ noun (spice)
Ancient Greek
2 entries- γελγίς noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
- καρυόφυλλον noun (spice)
Arabic
4 entries- فص noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
- فَصّ noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
- قرنفل noun (spice)
- قرنفل noun (spice)
Armenian
2 entries- մեխակ noun (spice)
- մեխակածառ noun (Syzygium aromaticum)
Assamese
1 entries- লং noun (spice)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- diş noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
- mixək noun (spice)
Bashkir
1 entries- ҡәләмфер noun (spice)
Basque
1 entries- iltzea noun (spice)
Bengali
1 entries- লবঙ্গ noun (spice)
Bulgarian
2 entries- карамфил noun (spice)
- скили́дка noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
Burmese
2 entries- လေးညှင်း noun (Syzygium aromaticum)
- လေးညှင်းပွင့် noun (spice)
Catalan
4 entries- all noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
- clau d'espècia noun (spice)
- clavell noun (spice)
- clavell d'espècia noun (spice)
Chinese Cantonese
3 entries- 丁香 noun (spice)
- 瓣 noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
- 粒 noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 丁子香 noun (Syzygium aromaticum)
- 丁香 noun (spice)
- 瓣 noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
- 雞舌香 /鸡舌香 noun (Syzygium aromaticum)
Classical Nahuatl
1 entries- Caxtīllān chīlli noun (spice)
Czech
2 entries- hřebíček noun (spice)
- stroužek noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
Danish
3 entries- fed noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
- kryddernellike noun (spice)
- nellike noun (spice)
Dhivehi
1 entries- ކަރަންފޫ noun (spice)
Dutch
2 entries- kruidnagel noun (spice)
- teen noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
Esperanto
1 entries- kariofilo noun (spice)
Estonian
1 entries- nelk noun (spice)
Finnish
3 entries- kynsi noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
- mausteneilikka noun (spice)
- neilikka noun (spice)
French
2 entries- clou de girofle noun (spice)
- gousse noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
Galician
1 entries- dente noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
German
3 entries- Gewürznelke noun (spice)
- Knoblauchzehe noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
- Zehe noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
Greek
2 entries- γαρύφαλλο noun (spice)
- σκελίδα noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
Gujarati
1 entries- લવિંગ noun (spice)
Haitian Creole
1 entries- jiwòf noun (spice)
Hebrew
3 entries- צִפֹּרֶן noun (spice)
- שִׁנֵּי שׁוּם noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
- שֵׁן שׁוּם noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
Hindi
4 entries- लवंग noun (spice)
- लवंग noun (Syzygium aromaticum)
- लौंग noun (spice)
- लौंग noun (Syzygium aromaticum)
Hungarian
2 entries- gerezd noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
- szegfűszeg noun (spice)
Icelandic
2 entries- geiri noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
- negull noun (spice)
Indonesian
2 entries- cengkih noun (spice)
- siung noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
Irish
2 entries- clóbh noun (spice)
- ionga noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
Italian
2 entries- chiodo di garofano noun (spice)
- spicchio noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
Japanese
4 entries- クローブ noun (spice)
- チョウジ noun (Syzygium aromaticum)
- チョウジノキ noun (Syzygium aromaticum)
- 丁子 noun (spice)
Javanese
1 entries- ꦕꦼꦁꦏꦺꦃ noun (spice)
Kabardian
1 entries- къэрмэфибл noun (spice)
Kannada
1 entries- ಲವಂಗ noun (spice)
Khmer
1 entries- ក្លាំពូ noun (spice)
Korean
1 entries- 정향나무 noun (spice)
Lao
1 entries- ກ້ານພູ noun (spice)
Latvian
2 entries- daiva noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
- krustnagliņa noun (spice)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Neelcheskapp noun (spice)
Macedonian
2 entries- каранфилче noun (spice)
- чешне noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
Malagasy
1 entries- jirofo noun (spice)
Malay
3 entries- cengkih noun (spice)
- siung noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
- ulas noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
Malayalam
2 entries- കരയാമ്പൂ noun (spice)
- ഗ്രാമ്പു noun (spice)
Maltese
1 entries- qronfol noun (spice)
Marathi
2 entries- पाकळी noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
- लवंग noun (spice)
Minangkabau
1 entries- cangkeh noun (spice)
Nepali
1 entries- ल्वाङ noun (spice)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- karanfu noun (spice)
Norman
4 entries- cliou d'giroufl'ye noun (spice)
- cllaou d'girouflle noun (spice)
- cllou de girouflle noun (spice)
- gousse noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
North Frisian
2 entries- Naagelknop noun (spice)
- Naageltji noun (spice)
Northern Kurdish
2 entries- mêxek noun (spice)
- qernefîl noun (spice)
Norwegian
1 entries- fedd noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- nellik noun (spice)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- nellik noun (spice)
Occitan
1 entries- clavèl de giròfle noun (spice)
Odia
1 entries- ଲବଙ୍ଗ noun (spice)
Old English
1 entries- clufu noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
Oromo
1 entries- qurunfudii noun (spice)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- قرنفل noun (spice)
Pashto
1 entries- لونګ noun (spice)
Persian
1 entries- قرنفل noun (spice)
Polish
4 entries- drzewo goździkowe noun (Syzygium aromaticum)
- goździk noun (spice)
- goździkowiec korzenny noun (Syzygium aromaticum)
- ząbek noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
Portuguese
4 entries- cravinho noun (spice)
- cravo noun (spice)
- cravo-da-índia noun (spice)
- dente noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
Romanian
2 entries- cuișoare noun (spice)
- cățel noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
Russian
2 entries- гвозди́ка noun (spice)
- гвозди́чное де́рево noun (Syzygium aromaticum)
Sanskrit
1 entries- लवंग noun (spice)
Saterland Frisian
1 entries- Stäietnägelke noun (spice)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- karanfilić noun (spice)
- klinčić noun (spice)
- čehno noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
- česno noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
Slovene
2 entries- klinček noun (spice)
- nageljnova žbica noun (spice)
Somali
1 entries- dhaga yare noun (spice)
Spanish
4 entries- clavero noun (Syzygium aromaticum)
- clavillo noun (spice)
- clavo noun (spice)
- clavo de olor noun (spice)
Sundanese
1 entries- ᮎᮨᮀᮊᮦᮂ noun (spice)
Swahili
1 entries- karafuu noun (spice)
Swedish
2 entries- klyfta noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
- kryddnejlika noun (spice)
Taba
1 entries- odai noun (spice)
Tagalog
2 entries- kalabumpako noun (spice)
- klabos noun (spice)
Tamil
1 entries- கிராம்பு noun (spice)
Telugu
2 entries- పాయ noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
- లవంగము noun (spice)
Ternate
1 entries- bualawa noun (spice)
Thai
1 entries- กานพลู noun (spice)
Tibetan
1 entries- ལི་ཤི། noun (spice)
Tidore
1 entries- gomode noun (spice)
Turkish
2 entries- diş noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
- karanfil noun (spice)
Ukrainian
1 entries- гвозди́ка noun (spice)
Vietnamese
2 entries- tép noun (constitutive bulb of garlic)
- đinh hương noun (spice)
Welsh
3 entries- clof noun (spice)
- clofsen noun (spice)
- clowsen noun (spice)
West Flemish
1 entries- kruudnoagel noun (spice)
West-Frisian
1 entries- krûdnagel noun (spice)
Wolof
1 entries- djirofe noun (spice)
Yiddish
1 entries- נעגעלע noun (spice)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Is eating a clove of garlic every day beneficial to your health?
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I don't know how to tie a clove hitch.
Source: tatoeba (6250111)
Tom was smoking a hand-rolled clove cigarette.
Source: tatoeba (9940037)
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