conclave

See also: cónclave

Contents

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  1 English
  
  
  
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    1.1 Etymology
    
  
  
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    1.2 Pronunciation
    
  
  
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    1.3 Noun
    
    
    
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      1.3.2 Related terms
      
    
    
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  2 Catalan
  
  
  
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    2.1 Etymology
    
  
  
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    2.2 Pronunciation
    
  
  
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    2.3 Noun
    
    
    
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  3 French
  
  
  
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    3.1 Pronunciation
    
  
  
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    3.2 Noun
    
  
  
  
  


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  4 Italian
  
  
  
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    4.1 Etymology
    
  
  
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    4.2 Pronunciation
    
  
  
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    4.3 Noun
    
    
    
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  5 Latin
  
  
  
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    5.1 Etymology
    
  
  
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    5.2 Pronunciation
    
  
  
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    5.3 Noun
    
    
    
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      5.3.1 Inflection
      
    
    
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  6 Spanish
  
  
  
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English

Etymology

Borrowed from French conclave, from Latin conclave (“room that may be locked up”), from con- (combining form of cum (“with”)) + clāvis (“key”).

Pronunciation

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  (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒn.kleɪv/
  


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  (US) IPA^(key): /ˈkɑn.kleɪv/
  

Noun

conclave (plural conclaves)

1. The set of apartments within which the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church are continuously secluded while engaged in choosing a pope.


2. The group of Roman Catholic cardinals locked in a conclave until they elect a new pope; the body of cardinals.
   
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     Robert South
     

     It was said a cardinal, by reason of his apparent likelihood to step into St. Peter's chair, that in two conclaves he went in pope and came out again cardinal.

     
     
   
   


3. A private meeting; a close or secret assembly.
   
   • 
     Thomas Babington Macaulay
     

     The verdicts pronounced by this conclave (Johnson's Club) on new books, were speedily known over all London.

     
     
   
   

Derived terms

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  in conclave: engaged in a secret meeting; said of a group of people.

Related terms

• clave


• clavis

Translations

set of apartments within which the cardinals are secluded

Esperanto: konklavo Finnish: konklaavi (fi) French: conclave (fr)

German: Konklave (de) n Ido: konklavo (io) Irish: comhthionól cairdinéal m

group of Roman Catholic cardinals

Armenian: կոնկլավ (hy) (konklav) Catalan: conclave m, conclau m Chinese: Mandarin: 樞機團 Esperanto: konklavo Finnish: konklaavi (fi) French: conclave (fr) German: Konklave (de) n

Ido: konklavo (io) Irish: comhthionól cairdinéal m Italian: conclave (it) m Latin: conclāve n Russian: конкла́в (ru) m (konkláv) Spanish: cónclave m Welsh: conclaf m

private and secret meeting

Catalan: conclave m, conclau m Chinese: Mandarin: 祕密會議

Irish: tionól rúnda m Spanish: cónclave m

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Dutch: (please verify)conclaaf (nl) n

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Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conclave.

Pronunciation

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  (Balearic) IPA^(key): /koŋˈkla.və/
  


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  (Central) IPA^(key): /kuŋˈkla.bə/
  


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  (Valencian) IPA^(key): /koŋˈkla.ve/
  

Noun

conclave m (plural conclaves)

1. conclave

Synonyms

• conclau

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French

Pronunciation

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  IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.klav/
  

Noun

conclave m (plural conclaves)

1. conclave

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conclave.

Pronunciation

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  IPA^(key): /konˈklave/
  


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Noun

conclave m (plural conclavi)

1. conclave

Derived terms

• conclavista

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Latin

Etymology

From con- +‎ clāvis (key).

Pronunciation

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  (Classical) IPA^(key): /konˈklaː.we/, [kɔŋˈkɫaː.wɛ]
  

Noun

conclāve n (genitive conclāvis); third declension

1. 
   room, chamber
   


2. 
   enclosed space that can be locked
   


3. dining hall

Inflection

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Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	conclāve	conclāvia
Genitive	conclāvis	conclāvium
Dative	conclāvī	conclāvibus
Accusative	conclāve	conclāvia
Ablative	conclāvī	conclāvibus
Vocative	conclāve	conclāvia

Descendants

• Catalan: conclave
  


• English: conclave
  


• French: conclave
  


• Italian: conclave
  


• Portuguese: conclave
  


• Russian: конкла́в (konkláv)
  


• Spanish: cónclave
  

References

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  conclave in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press


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  conclave in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers


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  conclave in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)


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  conclave in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette


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  conclave in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers


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  conclave in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin conclave.

Noun

conclave m (plural conclaves)

1. conclave

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