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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CLYPE

From Old English clipian, cleopian.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CLYPE

clype  [kləɪp] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CLYPE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Clype is a verb and can also act as a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb clype in English.

WHAT DOES CLYPE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of clype in the English dictionary

The definition of clype in the dictionary is to tell tales; be an informer. Other definition of clype is a person who tells tales.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO CLYPE

PRESENT

Present
I clype
you clype
he/she/it clypes
we clype
you clype
they clype
Present continuous
I am clyping
you are clyping
he/she/it is clyping
we are clyping
you are clyping
they are clyping
Present perfect
I have clyped
you have clyped
he/she/it has clyped
we have clyped
you have clyped
they have clyped
Present perfect continuous
I have been clyping
you have been clyping
he/she/it has been clyping
we have been clyping
you have been clyping
they have been clyping
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I clyped
you clyped
he/she/it clyped
we clyped
you clyped
they clyped
Past continuous
I was clyping
you were clyping
he/she/it was clyping
we were clyping
you were clyping
they were clyping
Past perfect
I had clyped
you had clyped
he/she/it had clyped
we had clyped
you had clyped
they had clyped
Past perfect continuous
I had been clyping
you had been clyping
he/she/it had been clyping
we had been clyping
you had been clyping
they had been clyping
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will clype
you will clype
he/she/it will clype
we will clype
you will clype
they will clype
Future continuous
I will be clyping
you will be clyping
he/she/it will be clyping
we will be clyping
you will be clyping
they will be clyping
Future perfect
I will have clyped
you will have clyped
he/she/it will have clyped
we will have clyped
you will have clyped
they will have clyped
Future perfect continuous
I will have been clyping
you will have been clyping
he/she/it will have been clyping
we will have been clyping
you will have been clyping
they will have been clyping
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would clype
you would clype
he/she/it would clype
we would clype
you would clype
they would clype
Conditional continuous
I would be clyping
you would be clyping
he/she/it would be clyping
we would be clyping
you would be clyping
they would be clyping
Conditional perfect
I would have clype
you would have clype
he/she/it would have clype
we would have clype
you would have clype
they would have clype
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been clyping
you would have been clyping
he/she/it would have been clyping
we would have been clyping
you would have been clyping
they would have been clyping
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you clype
we let´s clype
you clype
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to clype
Past participle
clyped
Present Participle
clyping
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CLYPE

clutch bag
clutch pedal
clutch plate
clutches
clutchy
Clutha
clutter
cluttered
cluttery
Clwyd
cly
Clyde
Clydebank
Clydesdale
clypeal
clypeate
clypei
clypeiform
clypeus
clyster

WORDS THAT END LIKE CLYPE

archetype
biotype
blood type
blype
e-type
flype
genotype
hype
logotype
n-type
phenotype
prototype
retype
Skype
slype
stereotype
subtype
tintype
type
wild type

Synonyms and antonyms of clype in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «clype» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CLYPE

Find out the translation of clype to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of clype from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «clype» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

clype
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

clype
570 millions of speakers

English

clype
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

clype
380 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Arabic

clype
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

clype
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

clype
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

clype
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

clype
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Clype
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

clype
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

clype
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

clype
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Clype
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

clype
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

clype
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

क्लाइपे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

clype
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

clype
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

clype
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

clype
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

clype
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

clype
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

clype
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

clype
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

clype
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of clype

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CLYPE»

The term «clype» is used very little and occupies the 177.985 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CLYPE» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «clype» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «clype» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about clype

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CLYPE»

Discover the use of clype in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to clype and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Liz Lochhead's Voices
The verb 'clype' in Scotland means to gossip or more firmly to be a tell-tale; a ' clype' or a 'clypie' is a gossip or tell-tale, often malicious, and the word is most often applied to women. Significantly, it derives from the Old English cleopan: to ...
Robert Crawford, Anne Varty, 1993
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The English dialect dictionary
CLYPE, v.' and sb.' Sc. kl e ch. [klai .] To tattle, teFll tales or secrets, gossip. Cf. clep, 0. Se. Wha do you think, Saunders, has been clipeingl Cracks about Kl'rk( ifl43) ll. 1. Elg. They'll buzz like bees,an' clype their lees, Tss'rzn Poems (1865) 105.
J. Wright, 2004
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Scottish Dictionary and Supplement: In Four Volumes. Suppl. ...
O. E. " I clepe a boute the necke ; Jaccolle :" Palsgr. B. iii. F. 1 89, a. " I clyppe, I take in myne armes :" Ibid. b. c L I To CLYPE, v.n. 1. To be loquacious, to tattle, to prate, Roxb., Aberd., Ayrs. 2. To act as a telltale, Aberd. " To clype, i. e. talk freely  ...
John Jamieson, 1841
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A Etymological Dictionary of the Scottish Language ...: ...
To CLIP, Clyp, v. a. 1. To embrace.] Add; Clepe, chjppe, id. O. E. " I clepea boute the necke; Jaccolle :" Palsgr. B. iii. F. 189, a. " I cli/ppe, I take in m yne armes :" Ibid. b. To CLYPE, v.n. 1. To be loquacious, to tattle, to prate, Roxb., Aberd., Ayrs. 2.
John Jamieson, 1825
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A Dictionary of the Scottish Language
A.S. clipp-an, clyppian, to embrace. To CLYPE, e. n. To fall, Buchan, Mearns. Tamra-Perhaps from klipp-cn, sonare, resonare. Cloit, or Cl yta, is the term more generally used, S. CLYPE, a. A fall, ibid. To CLYPE, e. n. To act as a drudge, Aberd.
John Jamieson, John Johnstone, 1846
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Jamieson's Dictionary of the Scottish language: in which the ...
1T0 CLYPE, v. n. I O I 2. To lay hold of in a forcible manner. Douglas. 3 To grapple in a sea-fight. Wallace. —A. S. clipp-an, clg/pp-ian, to embrace. To CLYPE, o. n. To fall, Buchan, Mearns. —Perhaps from klipp-en, sonare, resonare. or Olyte, ...
John Jamieson, 1867
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The Dialect of Banffshire: With a Glossary of Words Not in ...
CLYPE, n. (1) an unseemly mass or clot of any liquid, semiliquid, or soft wet substance. (2) A pendent disordered wet mass. (3) VVork in an ungraceful, dirty manner amongst liquid, semi-liquid, or soft substances. (4) Walking in an ungraceful, ...
Walter Gregor, 1866
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Transactions of the Philological Society
Clype, n. (1) an unseemly mass or clot of any liquid, semi- liquid, or soft wet substance. (2) A pendent disordered wet mass. (3) Work in an ungraceful, dirty manner amongst liquid, semi-liquid, or soft substances. (4) Walking in an ungraceful, ...
Philological Society (Great Britain), 1866
9
Warm Or Very Warm: The Story of a Scottish Summer
Clype said' staring' his cigarette drooping from his mouth : 'Aye' Bootchie? ' 'O.K. Bootchie. That me. I am here. What you want? ' ' Moochie Bootchie'' said Clype amiably but with understood contempt. It had been a hot morning for battling with  ...
Hilton Brown, 1952
10
Fast Parallel Algorithms for All Sources: Lexicographic ...
Algorithms with similar resource bounds are given for lexicographic topological sort.
Pilar De la Torre, Clype P. Kruskal, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CLYPE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term clype is used in the context of the following news items.
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#Clypegate: The known knowns and the unknown knowns
The hashtag #clypegate began trending UK-wide ('clype' being the Scottish word for informing on someone or telling tales). Various papers ran ... «CommonSpace, Jun 15»
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Keith Jackson: Jim Goodwin case proves current trial-by-telly rules …
Because, as things stand, the SFA's compliance officer really is in charge of a Clype's Charter and the real danger now is that United may have ... «Scottish Daily Record, Jan 14»
3
inFamous: Second Son - New Trailer from Gamescom 2013
It comes from the same people that can turn gibberish into insults, Mr. Pajama-Wearing, Basket-Face, Slipper-Wielding, Clype-Dreep-Bachle, ... «YouTube, Aug 13»
4
Man who stole safe containing £50k from boss's house avoids jail term
NY madam Anna: Scots don't clype · Anna Gristina & son. ANNA GRISTIN, from Edinburgh, said she had learned in Scotland not to tell tales. «Scottish Daily Record, Nov 12»
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Mum who endured double rape trial torment demands 'not proven …
NY madam Anna: Scots don't clype · Anna Gristina & son. ANNA GRISTIN, from Edinburgh, said she had learned in Scotland not to tell tales. «Scottish Daily Record, Oct 12»
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Man convicted of murdering pensioner with his own car to launch …
NY madam Anna: Scots don't clype · Anna Gristina & son. ANNA GRISTIN, from Edinburgh, said she had learned in Scotland not to tell tales. «Scottish Daily Record, Oct 12»
7
Fake cabbie rapist caged
NY madam Anna: Scots don't clype · Anna Gristina & son. ANNA GRISTIN, from Edinburgh, said she had learned in Scotland not to tell tales. «Scottish Daily Record, Sep 12»
8
child sex pervert running kids' riding school
NY madam Anna: Scots don't clype · Anna Gristina & son. ANNA GRISTIN, from Edinburgh, said she had learned in Scotland not to tell tales. «Scottish Daily Record, Sep 12»
9
NY madam Anna: Scots don't clype
A SCOT accused of running a brothel for rich clients in New York has refused to name any of the men involved. Anna Gristina, from Edinburgh, ... «Scottish Daily Record, Sep 12»
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Drug addict doctor injected wife with heroin and watched as she lost …
NY madam Anna: Scots don't clype · Derek Riordan to appear in court over alleged anti-gay comments made during pub struggle ... «Scottish Daily Record, Sep 12»

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