Latvian

Klons

Klons

Alternative forms

• (dialectal form) klonis

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [klūōns]

Noun

klons m (1st declension)

1. barn floor, earthen floor, threshing floor (dense, smooth surface, typically consisting of compacted clay or earth; floor made of compacted clay, earth, cement, bricks)

   pagraba klons‎ ― basement floor

   rijas klons‎ ― barn floor

   virtuves, istabas klons‎ ― kitchen, room floor

   gluds, bedrains klons‎ ― smooth, bumpy floor

2. lower surface inside a bread oven

   klona maize‎ ― floor bread (bread made on the lower surface of a bread oven)

Declension

Synonyms

• grīda
• (dialectal term) plāns

Etymology 2

A borrowing from English clone.

Noun

klons m (1st declension)

1. clone (a living organism that originated from a single vegetative cell of another organism)

   klonu izlase, selekcija‎ ― clonal selection

Declension

References

1. ↑ Karulis, Konstantīns (1992), “klons”, in Latviešu Etimoloģijas Vārdnīca (in Latvian), Rīga: AVOTS, ISBN 9984-700-12-7

Swedish

Noun

klons

1. definite genitive singular of klo
2. indefinite genitive singular of klon