cleve

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English cleve, from Old English cleofa (“that which is cloven, a cleft, chasm, cave, den, lair, cell, chamber, cellar, apartment”), from Proto-Germanic *klebô (“chamber, cell”), from Proto-Indo-European *glewbʰ- (“to cut, cleave, split, divide”). Cognate with Old Norse klefi (“a closet, sleeping closet, bedroom”) (whence Icelandic klefi (“cell, compartment”)). Related to cleave. === Noun === cleve (plural cleves) (now chiefly dialectal) A room; chamber. (now chiefly dialectal) A cottage. (obsolete) A cliff or hillside. == Middle Dutch == === Alternative forms === cleue === Etymology === Related to clef (“cliff”); the town is one of the highest points in the region. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /klɛːvə/ === Noun === clēve ? Cleves (a city in modern Germany) Cleves (a duchy and county) 1432 CE, Brabantsche Yeesten book VI: ==== Descendants ==== Dutch: Kleef Limburgish: Kleef ⇒ Middle High German: Cleve (influenced) German: Kleve === Further reading === “cleve”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000 == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Old English cleofa, from Proto-Germanic *klebô. ==== Alternative forms ==== kleve ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈkleːv(ə)/, /ˈklɛːv(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== cleve (plural cleves) (rare) An abode or home; where someone resides. (rare) A granary. ===== Descendants ===== English: cleve ===== References ===== “clēve, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 31 July 2018. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== cleve alternative form of cleven (“to split”) === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== cleve alternative form of cleven (“to stick”)