
Borrowed fromMiddle Frenchclef, fromLatinclāvis(“a key”).Doublet ofclave andclavis.
clef (pluralclefs)
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Inherited fromMiddle Frenchclef, fromOld Frenchclef, fromLatinclāvis, fromProto-Italic*klāwis, fromProto-Indo-European*(s)kleh₂w-. According toBescherelle.
Inherited fromOld Frenchclef.
clefoblique singular, f (oblique pluralcles,nominative singularclef,nominative pluralcles)