klier

From Dutch klier.

• IPA^(key): /klir/, [kliːr]

klier (plural kliere, diminutive kliertjie)

1. gland (secretory organ)

• IPA^(key): /kliːr/

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• Hyphenation: klier
• Rhymes: -ir

From Middle Dutch cliere. Cognate with Scots clyre (“tumour”).

klier f (plural klieren, diminutive kliertje n)

1. gland
2. (botany) gland (secretory structure)
3. (obsolete) someone suffering from a skin disease or glandular swelling

• → Papiamentu: klir, klier

klier f or m (plural klieren, diminutive kliertje n)

1. an obnoxious person

• klieren

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

klier

1. inflection of klieren:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative