Klingon

Klingon

See also: klingon

English

Etymology 1

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Proper noun

Klingon (plural Klingons)

1. A surname.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Klingon”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 319.
• Forebears

Etymology 2

Two Klingons

c. 1960s,[1] from the Star Trek franchise, purportedly by Gene Roddenberry, named for Lieutenant Wilbur Clingan of the Los Angeles Police Department. In-universe, the name was a transcription of Klingon "tlhIngan".

Pronunciation

• enPR: klĭng'ŏn, IPA^(key): /ˈklɪŋɒn/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈklɪŋɑn/, /ˈkliŋɑn/
• Rhymes: (US) -ɪŋɑn

Noun

Klingon (plural Klingons)

1. (countable) Member of a fictional alien warrior race depicted as having distinctive forehead ridges and a culture based on strict observance of honour, loyalty, and combat.
   • 1967 March 23, Leonard Nimoy, William Shatner, Errand of Mercy (Star Trek: The Original Series), Paramount Domestic Television, OCLC 42867221:

     SPOCK: Captain, we've reached the designated position for scanning the coded directive tape.
     KIRK: Good. We've both guessed right. Negotiations with the Klingon Empire are on the verge of breaking down. Starfleet Command anticipates a surprise attack. We are to proceed to Organia and take whatever steps are necessary to prevent the Klingons from using it as a base.

Translations

member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe

Chinese: Mandarin: 克林貢／克林贡 (zh) (Kèlíngòng) Czech: Klingon m Esperanto: klingono (eo) Finnish: klingon (fi) French: Klingon (fr) m German: Klingone (de) m, Klingonin (de) f Greek: Κλίγκον n (Klígkon) Hungarian: klingon (hu) Italian: klingon (it); klingoniano m, klingoniana f Japanese: クリンゴン人, クリンゴンじん (kuringon jin) Polish: Klingon (pl) m, Klingonka f Portuguese: klingon (pt) m or f Romanian: klingonian m Russian: клингон m (klingon), клингонец m (klingonec), клингонка f (klingonka) Serbo-Croatian: клингонац m (klingonac), клингонка f (klingonka) Swedish: klingon (sv) c Turkish: Klingon

Proper noun

Klingon

1. An artificial language created by Marc Okrand, for the film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan.

Synonyms

• Klingonese

Translations

the language

Afrikaans: Klingon (af) Arabic: كْلِينْغُونِيَّة‎ f (klīnḡūniyya) Bulgarian: клингонски m (klingonski) Catalan: klingon (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 克林貢語／克林贡语 (zh) (Kèlíngòngyǔ) Czech: klingonský m, klingonština (cs) f Danish: klingonsk Dutch: Klingon (nl) Esperanto: klingona lingvo, la klingona Finnish: klingon (fi) French: klingon (fr) m German: Klingonisch (de) n Greek: γλώσσα Κλίγκον f (glóssa Klígkon) Hebrew: קלינגונית‎ f (klingónit) Hungarian: klingon (hu) Indonesian: bahasa klingon Irish: Tliongáinis f Italian: Klingon m; Klingoniano m Japanese: クリンゴン語 (クリンゴンご, kuringongo) Norwegian: klingonsk Polish: klingoński (pl) m Portuguese: klingon (pt) Romanian: klingoniană f Russian: клингонский m (klingonskij) Serbo-Croatian: клингонски m (klingonski) Slovene: klingonski m Spanish: klingon m Swedish: klingonska (sv) Turkish: Klingonca (tr) Welsh: klingon

See also

• Klingon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Qapla'
• Appendix:Klingon

References

1. “Klingon, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Further reading

• Klingon at OneLook Dictionary Search
• Klingon Language Institute
• http://www.klingon.org/
• Klingon Wikia
• Linguist List entry for Klingon, code tlh

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Noun

Klingon (uncountable)

1. Klingon (language)