"klaff" meaning in Swedish

See klaff in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: Probably related to klapp, itself borrowed from Middle Low German klap, from Old Saxon klappōn, from Proto-West Germanic *klappōn (“to strike, clap, make a loud sound”). Etymology templates: {{der|sv|gml|klap}} Middle Low German klap, {{der|sv|osx|klappōn}} Old Saxon klappōn, {{der|sv|gmw-pro|*klappōn|t=to strike, clap, make a loud sound}} Proto-West Germanic *klappōn (“to strike, clap, make a loud sound”) Head templates: {{head|sv|nouns||||g=c|g2=|g3=|g4=|head=|sort=}} klaff c, {{sv-noun|c}} klaff c Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], klaff [indefinite, nominative, singular], klaffs [genitive, indefinite, singular], klaffen [definite, nominative, singular], klaffens [definite, genitive, singular], klaffar [indefinite, nominative, plural], klaffars [genitive, indefinite, plural], klaffarna [definite, nominative, plural], klaffarnas [definite, genitive, plural]
  1. a hinged flap able to be raised and lowered
    a drop-leaf (section of a table that can be folded up and down, or the hinged desktop of a secretary desk (sekretär) or the like)
    Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-klaff-sv-noun-3AnFpk16 Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 13 21 24 9 9 9 9 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 12 22 27 9 9 9 9 1 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 26 31 10 10 10 10 4
  2. a hinged flap able to be raised and lowered
    a leaf (span of a bascule bridge (klaffbro))
    Tags: common-gender Synonyms: broklaff
    Sense id: en-klaff-sv-noun-nLm1w6LX Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Swedish entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 13 21 24 9 9 9 9 3 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 12 22 27 9 9 9 9 1 Disambiguation of Swedish entries with incorrect language header: 26 31 10 10 10 10 4
  3. a hinged flap able to be raised and lowered
    a flap (on an aircraft wing)
    Tags: common-gender Synonyms: vingklaff
    Sense id: en-klaff-sv-noun-2DFkCPQl
  4. a hinged flap able to be raised and lowered
    a flap (on a flap valve or the like)
    Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-klaff-sv-noun-0~hKk6MR
  5. a hinged flap able to be raised and lowered
    a key, a pad (on a (wood)wind instrument, like a saxophone or a clarinet)
    Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-klaff-sv-noun-ITLbfk2Y
  6. a hinged flap able to be raised and lowered
    (colloquial) a gob, a trap, a mouth (in the expression håll klaffen)
    Tags: colloquial, common-gender
    Sense id: en-klaff-sv-noun-aQwiMUci
  7. (anatomy) a valve Tags: common-gender
    Sense id: en-klaff-sv-noun-5lnq0Lgk Categories (other): Anatomy Topics: anatomy, medicine, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: broklaff, hjärtklaff, håll klaffen, klaffbord, klaffbro, klaffventil (english: flap valve), venklaff, vingklaff Related terms: klaffa, flik, magmun, skiva, vindbrygga

Inflected forms

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          "english": "Shut your gob!",
          "text": "Håll klaffen!",
          "translation": "Shut your gob!",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a hinged flap able to be raised and lowered",
        "a gob, a trap, a mouth (in the expression håll klaffen)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "hinged",
          "hinged"
        ],
        [
          "flap",
          "flap"
        ],
        [
          "gob",
          "gob"
        ],
        [
          "trap",
          "trap"
        ],
        [
          "mouth",
          "mouth"
        ],
        [
          "håll klaffen",
          "håll klaffen#Swedish"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "a hinged flap able to be raised and lowered",
        "(colloquial) a gob, a trap, a mouth (in the expression håll klaffen)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "common-gender"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Swedish terms with usage examples",
        "sv:Anatomy"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              5,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              6,
              11
            ]
          ],
          "english": "heart valve",
          "text": "hjärtklaff",
          "translation": "heart valve",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              3,
              8
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              7,
              12
            ]
          ],
          "english": "venous valve",
          "text": "venklaff",
          "translation": "venous valve",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              12,
              19
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              4,
              10
            ]
          ],
          "english": "the valves of the lymphatic vessels",
          "text": "lymfkärlens klaffar",
          "translation": "the valves of the lymphatic vessels",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              9,
              14
            ]
          ],
          "bold_translation_offsets": [
            [
              10,
              15
            ]
          ],
          "english": "ileocecal valve",
          "text": "ileocekalklaff",
          "translation": "ileocecal valve",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a valve"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "anatomy",
          "anatomy"
        ],
        [
          "valve",
          "valve"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(anatomy) a valve"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "anatomy",
        "medicine",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "sv:klaff"
  ],
  "word": "klaff"
}

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