kloon

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kloːn/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: kloon
  • Rhymes: -oːn

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English clone, a coinage based on Ancient Greek κλών (klṓn).

Noun

kloon m (plural klonen, diminutive kloontje n)

  1. clone (organism produced through cloning) [from early 20th c.]
  2. clone, duplicate (imitation bearing close resemblance to the original)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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Noun

kloon m (plural klonen, diminutive kloontje n)

  1. (Southern) clog, klomp, wooden shoe

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

kloon

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