Polyglot Dictionary

clavicule

/kla.vi.kyl/

la noun B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les clavicules

Meaning

  1. collarbone

    • Il s'est fracturé la clavicule en tombant.

      He fractured his collarbone falling.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

Similar in other languages

Spanish

clavícula

clavícula is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "collarbone."

Portuguese

clavícula

clavícula is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "collarbone."

Practice

1 What does clavicule mean?

2 Fill the gap: Il s'est fracturé la ___ en tombant.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches clavicule?

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