clava

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin clāva (“club, staff, knotty branch”). === Noun === clava (plural clavas) Synonym of gracile tubercle. (entomology) The fused distal segments of the antenna of a chalcid wasp. Synonym: club ==== Related terms ==== === Anagrams === Calva, calva, caval == Asturian == === Verb === clava inflection of clavar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern, Central) [ˈkla.βə] IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈkla.və] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈkla.va] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [ˈkla.βa] === Verb === clava inflection of clavar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin clāva (“club”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈkla.va/ Rhymes: -ava Hyphenation: clà‧va === Noun === clava f (plural clave) club (sports) Indian club === Anagrams === calva, valca == Latin == === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *klāwā, from Proto-Indo-European *kelh₂- (“to beat, break”). Cognate with Latin clādes, percellō, gladius. Unrelated to clavicula, clavis or clavus. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈkɫaː.wa] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈklaː.va] === Noun === clāva f (genitive clāvae); first declension a club, cudgel ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== clāvula clavator ==== Descendants ==== → Italian: clava → Portuguese: clava → Spanish: clava === References === “clava”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “clava”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers "clava", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) “clava”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. “clava”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper’s Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers “clava”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin clāva (“club”). === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -avɐ, (Northern Portugal) -abɐ Hyphenation: cla‧va === Noun === clava f (plural clavas) club (weapon) Synonyms: porrete, cacete, maça === Further reading === “clava”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “clava”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈklaba/ [ˈkla.β̞a] Rhymes: -aba Syllabification: cla‧va === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Latin clāva (“club”). ==== Noun ==== clava f (plural clavas) club (weapon) Synonyms: cachiporra, porra, maza === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== clava inflection of clavar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “clava”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025