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Definition: Cleg |
ClegNoun1. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Etymology: Cleg \Cleg\, noun. [Northern English Scottish gleg: compare to Gaelic crethleag.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: ClegSynonyms: clegg (n), horse fly (n), horsefly (n). (additional references) |
| "Cleg" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 60.00% of the time. "Cleg" is used about 10 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 60% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 20% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 10% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (singular) | 10% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 10 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
cleg | 3 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "cleg"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | zekth (bot-fly, gadfly, horsefly), zegal. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | конска муха (bot-fly, breeze, horsefly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | druh mouchy. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | regnklaeg (dun fly), oksebremse (clegg, gadfly, horsefly, hypoderma, warble fly), bremse (brake, gadfly, gad-fly, horsefly, horse-fly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | regendaas (dun fly), daas (gadfly, gad-fly, horsefly, horse-fly), brems (gadfly, gad-fly, horsefly, horse-fly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | suppupaarma (dun fly), paarma (gadfly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | taon (clegg). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Viehbremse (gadfly), Regenbremse (dun fly), Bremse (brake, brakes, gadfly, horsefly, horse-fly, retardant), blinde Fliege (dun fly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | αλογόμυγα (botfly, gadfly, horsefly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | pöcsök (gad-fly), bagós, bagócs (gad-fly), babócs, bögöly (bot-fly, gadfly, gad-fly, horsefly, horse-fly, oestrum). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tafano (gad-fly, horsefly). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | egclay moscardo (breeze, gad-fly, hornet, horsefly), mosca do cavalo (clegg, gadfly, horsefly). (various references) овод (bot-fly, gadfly, gad-fly, oestrum, oestrus). (various references) obad (gadfly, oestrus), konjska muva (horsefly). (various references) tabano (clegg, gadfly, horsefly, hypoderma, warble fly), tábano (gad-fly, horsefly). (various references) broms (brake, braking, check, gadfly, horsefly, horse-fly). (various references) сліпень (gad-fly, horsefly, ox-fly), гедзь (bot-fly, brimse, gad-fly, horsefly, oestrus, ox-fly, tabanus), овід (oestrus). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Chrysos spp., Chrysozona pluvialis, Haematopola spp., Haematopota pluvialis, Tabanus spp.. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Words ending with "eg": Gleg, keg, skeg, Steg, teg. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-g-l" | |
-1 letter: cel, gel, leg. | |
-2 letters: el. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-g-l" | |
+1 letter: glace. | |
+2 letters: beclog, clergy, cudgel, glaces, glance, legacy. | |
+3 letters: angelic, anglice, beclogs, cageful, ceiling, celling, clagged, clanged, clanger, cleping, clewing, clinged, clinger, clogged, clogger, clueing, collage, college, cologne, congeal, cringle, cudgels, decalog, eclogue, ecology, elegiac, galenic, glaceed, glacier, glanced, glancer, glances, glucose, glycine, gracile, grackle, gulches, jackleg, leching, lockage, neglect, pelagic, scalage. | |
+4 letters: aglycone, algicide, allergic, angelica, becudgel, belching, blackleg, blockage, cagefuls, cageling, ceilings, cetology, clangers, cleaning, clearing, cleating, cleavage, cleaving, cleeking, clefting, clergies, clerking, clingers, clingier, cloggers, cloggier, cogently, cogwheel, collaged, collagen, collages, colleger, colleges, collegia, collogue, cologned, colognes, comingle, congeals, conglobe, creeling, cringles, cudgeled, cudgeler, cultigen, cupeling, decalogs, delegacy, eclogite, eclogues, ecologic, electing, elegance, elegancy, elegiacs, enlacing, flecking, fleecing, gauchely, gavelock, geologic, gestical, glaceing, glaciate, glaciers, glacises, glancers, glitches, glucoses, glunched, glunches, glyceric, glycerin, glycerol, glyceryl, glycines, glycogen, graceful, graciles, grackles, heckling, jacklegs, keckling, lacewing, leaching, leeching, legacies, letching, lockages, logicise, logicize, mucilage, neglects, neologic, octangle, oecology, relacing, scalages, teiglach, ulcering, welching. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 6C 65 67 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.-. .-.. . --. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000011 01101100 01100101 01100111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C l e g |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 006C 0065 0067 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)37787173 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, Albanees, albanialainen, Albanais, albaner, αλβανικόσ, Αλβανός, αλβανόσ, albán, albanese, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bulgarer, bulgarialainen, bulgare, 'ούλγαρος, bolgár, bulgaro, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, болгарський |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tjekker, tjekke, Tsjech, Tsjechisch, t?ekkiläinen, tchèque, Tscheche, tschechisch, Tschechin, Τσέχος, cseh, ceco, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
Danish | ordbog, deskriptordefinition, oversættelse | danisht, danishte, датски език, датски, dánský, dánština, tanskalainen, danois, dänisch, δανικόσ, δανόσ, dán, danese, dinamarquês, датский, danski, danski jezik, danés, dansk, датський, датська мова |
Dutch | woordenboek, definitie, translatie | holandez, холандски, немски език, холандски език, холандците, немски, holandský, nizozemský, hollandsk, hollantilainen, néerlandais, holländisch, ολλανδικόσ, ολλανδόσ, holland, olandese, holandês, голландский, holanđanin, u škripcu, holandski, holandés, holländsk, голландська мова, голландський |
Finnish | määritelmä, translaatio, taajuusmuutos | finlandez, finlandishte, finlandisht, фински език, фински, finský, suomi, suomalainen, finnois, Finlandaise, finlandais, finnisch, φινλανδικόσ, finn, finlandese, finlandês, finês, финский, finski jezik, finski, finlandés, finés, finsk, фінська мова, фінський |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, ranskalainen, français, französisch, γαλλικόσ, γαλλική γλώσσα, γαλλίδα, γάλλοσ, francia, francese, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, французька мова, французький |
German | Übersetzung, Wörterbuch, Definition | gjerman, германски, немски език, немски, немец, роден, готически, германец, nìmec, nìmecký, tysker, Duitse, saksalainen, allemand, "ερμανός, német, tedesco, alemão, немецкий, germanski, alemán, tysk, німкеня, німецький, німець |
Greek | λεξικό, ορισμός, μετάφραση | гръцки език, гръцки, грък, řek, řecký, řeètina, græker, kreikkalainen, grec, grieche, ελληνικόσ, 'Ελληνας, görög, greco, grego, греческий, грек, grčki, grk, grčki jezik, griego, grek, грецький, гречанка, грецька мова |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, ungarer, Hongaarse, unkarilainen, hongrois, Ungar, Ούγγρος, magyar, ungherese, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Italian | dizionario, definizione, traduzione | италиански език, италиански, италианец, italský, italština, ital, italiener, italialainen, italien, italienisch, Ιταλός, olasz, italiano, итальянский язык, итальянец, итальянский, italijan, italijanski jezik, italijanski, italiensk, italienska, italienare, італі"ць, італійська мова, італійський, італійка |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugiser, portugalilainen, portugais, portugiesisch, πορτογάλοσ, ορτογάλος, portugál, portoghese, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, russer, venäläinen, Russe, russisch, Ρώσος, orosz, russo, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | serbokroatisch, servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, Spaans, espanjalainen, espagnol, spanisch, ισπανικά, ισπανικόσ, ισπανοί, spanyol, spagnolo, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, översättning | suedez, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, Zweeds, ruotsalainen, suédois, schwedisch, σουηδικόσ, σουηδικά, svéd, svedese, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, шведська мова, шведський |
Ukrainian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | ukrainisht, ukrainas, украинец, украински език, ukrajinec, ukrajinština, ukrajinský, ukrajinka, Oekraïens, ukrainalainen, ukrainien, ukrainisch, ukrainerin, Ukrainer, ουκρανικόσ, Ουκρανός, ουκρανόσ, ukrán, ucraino, ucraniano, украинский язык, украинский, украинец украинский, ukrajinski, ukrajina, ucranio, ukrainare, український, українець |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, englantia, englantilainen, anglais, englisch, εγγλέζοσ, αγγλικόσ, angol, inglese, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions: Internet | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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