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Noun [Czech]

IPA: [ˈt͡slɛm]
Head templates: {{head|cs|noun form}} clem
  1. instrumental singular of clo Tags: form-of, instrumental, singular Form of: clo
    Sense id: en-clem-cs-noun-vwBslfKk Categories (other): Czech entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 61 4 14 4 6 3 5 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 59 3 21 4 5 2 4 2

Noun [English]

IPA: /klɛm/ Audio: En-au-clem.ogg Forms: clems [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛm Etymology: From Old English clām (“paste, mortar, mud, clay, poultice”), from Proto-West Germanic *klaim, equivalent to cloam. Similar linguistic development led to the Northumbrian pronunciation of hyem, equivalent to the RP home. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|ang|clām|t=paste, mortar, mud, clay, poultice}} Old English clām (“paste, mortar, mud, clay, poultice”), {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*klaim}} Proto-West Germanic *klaim Head templates: {{en-noun}} clem (plural clems)
  1. (Northumberland, Geordie, Teesside, slang) A brick or stone. Tags: Geordie, Teesside, slang
    Sense id: en-clem-en-noun-lchr4aqM Categories (other): Geordie, Northumberland English, Teesside English
  2. (chiefly Hartlepool, slang, plural clem) One stone (unit of mass). Tags: slang
    Sense id: en-clem-en-noun-8ndJKDJw Categories (other): Teesside English, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 13 37 9 30 11
  3. (Geordie, vulgar, slang) A testicle. Tags: Geordie, slang, vulgar
    Sense id: en-clem-en-noun-S3EQAU68 Categories (other): Geordie
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: clemmy
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

IPA: /klɛm/ Audio: En-au-clem.ogg Forms: clems [present, singular, third-person], clemming [participle, present], clemmed [participle, past], clemmed [past], clam [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɛm Etymology: Inherited from Middle English *clemmen, *clammen, from Old English clemman, clæmman (“to press, surround”), from Proto-West Germanic *klammjan (“to squeeze”). Cognate with Dutch klemmen (“to jam, pinch, stick”), German klemmen (“to jam, clamp; to be stuck, stick [to a surface]”). Etymology templates: {{etymid|en|to starve}}, {{yesno||i|I}} I, {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|en|enm|*clemmen|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle English *clemmen, {{inh+|en|enm|*clemmen}} Inherited from Middle English *clemmen, {{inh|en|ang|clemman}} Old English clemman, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*klammjan|t=to squeeze}} Proto-West Germanic *klammjan (“to squeeze”), {{cog|nl|klemmen|t=to jam, pinch, stick}} Dutch klemmen (“to jam, pinch, stick”), {{cog|de|klemmen|t=to jam, clamp; to be stuck, stick 􂀿to a surface􂁀}} German klemmen (“to jam, clamp; to be stuck, stick [to a surface]”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} clem (third-person singular simple present clems, present participle clemming, simple past and past participle clemmed)
  1. (UK, dialect, transitive or intransitive) To be hungry; starve. Tags: UK, dialectal, intransitive, transitive
    Sense id: en-clem-en-verb-hLthYv6k Categories (other): British English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb [English]

IPA: /klɛm/ Audio: En-au-clem.ogg Forms: clems [present, singular, third-person], clemming [participle, present], clemmed [participle, past], clemmed [past]
Rhymes: -ɛm Head templates: {{en-verb}} clem (third-person singular simple present clems, present participle clemming, simple past and past participle clemmed)
  1. Alternative form of clam (“to adhere”). Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: clam (extra: to adhere)
    Sense id: en-clem-en-verb-tnGOnLh0
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Noun [Welsh]

Forms: clemiau [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], clem [error-unrecognized-form], glem [soft], nghlem [error-unrecognized-form], chlem [error-unrecognized-form]
Head templates: {{cy-noun|f|clemiau}} clem f (plural clemiau) Inflection templates: {{cy-mut}}
  1. (usually negative) clue, idea, notion Tags: feminine, negative, usually
    Sense id: en-clem-cy-noun-4d-lgwXn Categories (other): Welsh entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Welsh entries with incorrect language header: 81 19
  2. A tap (a piece of metal on the front of a shoe) Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-clem-cy-noun-kQSSmuVV

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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}

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