# klan
## English
### Proper noun

the klan
* Alternative letter-case form of Klan
** 2009 January 30, “Obama presidency 'ignites Ku Klux Klan'”, in Herald Sun‎:"It's serious, serious enough that the FBI ... and other law enforcement agencies are trying to get on top of it because the klan has made direct threats to Obama," pastor Clary, who now fights against the group as a born-again Christian, said.

### Anagrams

* Lank, lank, lkna

## Breton
### Adjective

klan
* Hard mutation of glan.

## Danish
### Etymology

From English clan.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /klaːn/, [kʰlæːˀn]

### Noun

klan c (singular definite klanen, plural indefinite klaner)
* clan

#### Further reading

* klan on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{da}$

## Indonesian
### Etymology

From Dutch clan, from English clan, from Irish clann (“offspring, children of the family”) and Scottish Gaelic clann, from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta (“shoot, offspring”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈklan]
* Hyphenation: klan

### Noun

klan (uncountable)
* clan

#### Alternative forms

* klen

### Further reading

* “klan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic clann, via English clan.

### Noun

klan m (definite singular klanen, indefinite plural klaner, definite plural klanene)
* a clan

### References

* “klan” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Scottish Gaelic clann, via English clan.

### Noun

klan m (definite singular klanen, indefinite plural klanar, definite plural klanane)
* a clan

### References

* “klan” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from English clan, from Scottish Gaelic clann, from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈklan/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -an
* Syllabification: klan

### Noun

klan m inan (diminutive klanik)
* (literary) clan (group of people all descended from a common ancestor)
    Synonym: ród
* (anthropology) tribal community (primitive community descended from a common ancestor, living in a common territory, sharing a common name and subject to the authority of a single chieftain)
    Synonym: ród
* (historical) clan (traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain)
* (literary) clique (group of people)
    Synonyms: klika, koteria, sitwa

#### Derived terms

* klanowy

#### Related terms

* klanowość

### Further reading

* klan in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
* klan in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Serbo-Croatian
### Participle

klan (Cyrillic spelling клан)
* masculine singular passive past participle of klȁti

## Swedish
### Noun

klan c
* a clan
** 2016, Sinan, “Stockholm city”‎:Alla har sin bas, och alla har sin klan. Skjuter mot varandra som i Afghanistan.Everyone has their base, and everyone has their clan. Shooting at each other like in Afghanistan.

#### Declension
### References

* klan in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* klan in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* klan in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

## Turkish
### Etymology

From Ottoman Turkish [script needed] (klan), from French clan, from English clan, from Scottish Gaelic clann, from Old Irish cland, from Old Welsh plant, from Latin planta.

### Noun

klan (definite accusative klanı, plural klanlar)
* (anthropology) tribal community (primitive community descended from a common ancestor, living in a common territory, sharing a common name and subject to the authority of a single chieftain)
    Synonyms: aşiret, boy, kabile
* (historical) clan (traditional social group of families in the Scottish Highlands having a common hereditary chieftain)