"clouer" meaning in All languages combined

See clouer on Wiktionary

Verb [French]

IPA: /klu.e/ Audio: Fr-clouer.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-clouer.wav [France, Vosges], LL-Q150 (fra)-Mecanautes-clouer.wav [France], LL-Q150 (fra)-Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick-clouer.wav [France] (note: Somain), LL-Q150 (fra)-Bananax47-clouer.wav [France] (note: Agen)
Etymology: From clou (“nail”), or alternatively from Late Latin clāvāre, from Latin clāvus. Compare Italian chiavare, Catalan clavar. Etymology templates: {{inh|fr|la-lat|clāvō|clāvāre}} Late Latin clāvāre, {{inh|fr|la|clāvus}} Latin clāvus, {{cog|it|chiavare}} Italian chiavare, {{cog|ca|clavar}} Catalan clavar Head templates: {{fr-verb}} clouer Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], clouer [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], clouant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], cloué [participle, past], cloue [first-person, indicative, present, singular], cloues [indicative, present, second-person, singular], cloue [indicative, present, singular, third-person], clouons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], clouez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], clouent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], clouais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], clouais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], clouait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], clouions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], clouiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], clouaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], clouai [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], clouas [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], cloua [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], clouâmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], clouâtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], clouèrent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], clouerai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], cloueras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], clouera [future, indicative, singular, third-person], clouerons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], clouerez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], cloueront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], clouerais [conditional, first-person, singular], clouerais [conditional, second-person, singular], clouerait [conditional, singular, third-person], clouerions [conditional, first-person, plural], cloueriez [conditional, plural, second-person], cloueraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], cloue [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], cloues [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], cloue [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], clouions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], clouiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], clouent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], clouasse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], clouasses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], clouât [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], clouassions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], clouassiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], clouassent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], cloue [imperative, second-person, singular], clouons [first-person, imperative, plural], clouez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. to nail (to attach using a nail)
    Sense id: en-clouer-fr-verb-mnbuKe88
  2. (figurative) to stick (to attach) Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-clouer-fr-verb-lDbX-EY8
  3. (figurative) to pin down Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-clouer-fr-verb-Dz7DAHvd Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header, French verbs with conjugation -er, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 14 12 62 12 Disambiguation of French verbs with conjugation -er: 18 17 49 17 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 18 45 18 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 13 60 13
  4. (vulgar) to nail, shag, fuck Tags: vulgar
    Sense id: en-clouer-fr-verb-JYE-aNjF Categories (other): Sex Disambiguation of Sex: 0 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: cloué au lit, clouer au pilori, clouer au sol, clouer le bec Related terms: déclouer, enclouer

Inflected forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "cloué au lit"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "clouer au pilori"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "clouer au sol"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "clouer le bec"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la-lat",
        "3": "clāvō",
        "4": "clāvāre"
      },
      "expansion": "Late Latin clāvāre",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "clāvus"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin clāvus",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "chiavare"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian chiavare",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ca",
        "2": "clavar"
      },
      "expansion": "Catalan clavar",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From clou (“nail”), or alternatively from Late Latin clāvāre, from Latin clāvus. Compare Italian chiavare, Catalan clavar.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "fr-conj-auto",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouer",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive",
        "multiword-construction"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouant",
      "ipa": "/klu.ɑ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ayant + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "gerund",
        "multiword-construction",
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloué",
      "ipa": "/klu.e/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloue",
      "ipa": "/klu/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloues",
      "ipa": "/klu/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloue",
      "ipa": "/klu/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouons",
      "ipa": "/klu.ɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouez",
      "ipa": "/klu.e/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouent",
      "ipa": "/klu/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouais",
      "ipa": "/klu.ɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouais",
      "ipa": "/klu.ɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouait",
      "ipa": "/klu.ɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouions",
      "ipa": "/klu.jɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouiez",
      "ipa": "/klu.je/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouaient",
      "ipa": "/klu.ɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouai",
      "ipa": "/klu.e/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouas",
      "ipa": "/klu.a/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloua",
      "ipa": "/klu.a/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouâmes",
      "ipa": "/klu.am/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouâtes",
      "ipa": "/klu.at/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouèrent",
      "ipa": "/klu.ɛʁ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "historic",
        "indicative",
        "past",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouerai",
      "ipa": "/klu.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloueras",
      "ipa": "/klu.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouera",
      "ipa": "/klu.ʁa/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouerons",
      "ipa": "/klu.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouerez",
      "ipa": "/klu.ʁe/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloueront",
      "ipa": "/klu.ʁɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouerais",
      "ipa": "/klu.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouerais",
      "ipa": "/klu.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouerait",
      "ipa": "/klu.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouerions",
      "ipa": "/klu.ʁjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "first-person",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloueriez",
      "ipa": "/klu.ʁje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloueraient",
      "ipa": "/klu.ʁɛ/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "past historic of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "anterior",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "future of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "future",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "conditional of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "conditional",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloue",
      "ipa": "/klu/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloues",
      "ipa": "/klu/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloue",
      "ipa": "/klu/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouions",
      "ipa": "/klu.jɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouiez",
      "ipa": "/klu.je/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouent",
      "ipa": "/klu/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "present",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouasse",
      "ipa": "/klu.as/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouasses",
      "ipa": "/klu.as/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouât",
      "ipa": "/klu.a/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouassions",
      "ipa": "/klu.a.sjɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouassiez",
      "ipa": "/klu.a.sje/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouassent",
      "ipa": "/klu.as/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "present subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "past",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "cloue",
      "ipa": "/klu/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouons",
      "ipa": "/klu.ɔ̃/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "clouez",
      "ipa": "/klu.e/",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "simple imperative of avoir + past participle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "clouer",
      "name": "fr-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "fr-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "French",
  "lang_code": "fr",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "déclouer"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0",
      "word": "enclouer"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to nail (to attach using a nail)"
      ],
      "id": "en-clouer-fr-verb-mnbuKe88",
      "links": [
        [
          "nail",
          "nail"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to stick (to attach)"
      ],
      "id": "en-clouer-fr-verb-lDbX-EY8",
      "links": [
        [
          "stick",
          "stick"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to stick (to attach)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "14 12 62 12",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "18 17 49 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "French verbs with conjugation -er",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "20 18 45 18",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 13 60 13",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to pin down"
      ],
      "id": "en-clouer-fr-verb-Dz7DAHvd",
      "links": [
        [
          "pin down",
          "pin down"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(figurative) to pin down"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "0 0 0 100",
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "fr",
          "name": "Sex",
          "orig": "fr:Sex",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to nail, shag, fuck"
      ],
      "id": "en-clouer-fr-verb-JYE-aNjF",
      "links": [
        [
          "nail",
          "nail"
        ],
        [
          "shag",
          "shag"
        ],
        [
          "fuck",
          "fuck"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(vulgar) to nail, shag, fuck"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "vulgar"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/klu.e/"
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      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/dc/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-clouer.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-clouer.wav.mp3",
      "note": "Somain",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/dc/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-clouer.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-J%C3%A9r%C3%A9my-G%C3%BCnther-Heinz_J%C3%A4hnick-clouer.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q150 (fra)-Bananax47-clouer.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bd/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Bananax47-clouer.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Bananax47-clouer.wav.mp3",
      "note": "Agen",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/bd/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Bananax47-clouer.wav/LL-Q150_%28fra%29-Bananax47-clouer.wav.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "France"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophone": "clouai"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "cloué"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "clouée"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "clouées"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "cloués"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "clouez"
    }
  ],
  "word": "clouer"
}

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