clique
See also: Clique and cliqué
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French clique, ultimately of imitative origin. Influenced by "claque", though this may have happened in French rather than in English.
Pronunciation
- (UK)
- IPA(key): /kliːk/
Audio (UK) (file) Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -iːk
- IPA(key): /kliːk/
- (US)
- IPA(key): /kliːk/
- Rhymes: -iːk
- IPA(key): /ˈklɪk/
Audio (US) (file) - Homophones: click, klick
- Rhymes: -ɪk
- IPA(key): /kliːk/
Noun
clique (plural cliques)
- A small, exclusive group of individuals, usually according to lifestyle or social status; a cabal.
- This school used to be really friendly, but now everyone keeps to their own cliques.
- 1931, Dorothy L. Sayers, The Five Red Herrings
- There had been talk of some disagreement about a picture, but in Sir Maxwell's experience, artists frequently disagreed about pictures, with no more consequences than a little cold-shouldering or the formation of a clique.
- (graph theory) A subgraph isomorphic to a complete graph.
- The problem of finding the largest clique in an arbitrary graph is NP-complete.
- (Internet) A group of related web sites that link to each other, like a webring but with exclusive membership determined by the clique owner.
- 1999, "Jackie", someone help me out? (on newsgroup alt.fan.leo-dicaprio)
- Does anyone know what an internet clique is/does? I came across a few and am thoroughly confused.
- 2000, "- deanna -", ot: hiya (on newsgroup alt.fan.backstreet.boys)
- even though we're not "regulars" anymore...*sniffle*...we still can't forget the NG...i always tell new fans about it...(people who join my clique, etc...)...and besides...i owe the NG a LOT...itz where i met my best friend...
- 2001, "spee2k", future no doubt website.... (on newsgroup alt.music.no-doubt)
- you always have to click some big section and you get a whole new set of options in a different frame, thats[sic] usually on the other side of the screen. when you're there, you can choose from (in a section site stuff or something like that) link me, link you, links, top 10 links, free for all links, cliques, and webrings.
- 1999, "Jackie", someone help me out? (on newsgroup alt.fan.leo-dicaprio)
Synonyms
- (small, exclusive group): coterie, inner circle, camp
Antonyms
- (graph theory): independent set
Hypernyms
- (small, exclusive group): ingroup
Derived terms
- biclique
- cliqueless
- clique number
- cliquey
- coclique
- hyperclique
Related terms
- cliquey
Translations
small, exclusive group
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subgraph
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See also
- claque (another type of ingroup of people with biased interests)
Verb
clique (third-person singular simple present cliques, present participle cliquing, simple past and past participle cliqued)
- (intransitive) To associate together in a clannish way; to act with others secretly to gain a desired end; to plot.
Usage notes
- Often used in the form clique together.
See also
clique on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowing from French clique.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klik/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: cli‧que
- Rhymes: -ik
Noun
clique f (plural cliques)
- Alternative spelling of kliek (“clique, coterie”).
- (graph theory) clique, subgraph
French
Etymology
Old French cliquer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klik/
audio (file) - Homophones: clic, clics, cliquent, cliques
- Rhymes: -ik
Noun
clique f (plural cliques)
- clique
Derived terms
- prendre ses cliques et ses claques
Descendants
Descendants
- → Czech: klika
- → Dutch: clique
- → English: clique
- → Polish: klika
- → Portuguese: clique
Verb
clique
- inflection of cliquer:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Further reading
- “clique”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Portuguese
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French clique.[1][2]
Noun
clique m (plural cliques)
- clique (small, exclusive group of people)
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English click.[1][2]
Noun
clique m (plural cliques)
- click (sharp sound)
- (phonetics) (click)
- click (the act of pressing a button)
- light-bulb moment
- Não estava a conseguir chegar ao resultado, mas subitamente deu-se-me um clique.
- I was failing to reach the result, but suddenly I got a light-bulb moment.
Verb
clique
- inflection of clicar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
References
- “clique” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “clique” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Verb
clique
- inflection of clicar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative