cloven

English

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -əʊvən
Rhymes: -uːvən

Verb

cloven

past participle of cleave

Adjective

cloven

Split, sundered, or divided.
- 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:
  All wound with adders, who with their cloven tongues
  Do hiss me into madness—[...]

Derived terms

cloven foot, cloven-footed, show the cloven foot
cloven hoof, cloven-hoofed

Translations

split or divided

Bulgarian: разцепен (bg) (razcepen), раздвоен (bg) (razdvoen)
French: fendu (fr)
Greek:
Ancient: σχιστός (skhistós), δίκροος (díkroos)
Latin: bifidus, fissus
Norwegian: kløyvd
Russian: раздвоенный (ru) (razdvojennyj)
Spanish: rajado (es)
Swedish: kluven (sv)

Middle English

Alternative forms

clove, clofenn, clovyn, clofen, i-clove, y clove

Etymology

From Old English clofen, ġeclofen, past participle of clēofan, from Proto-Germanic *klubanaz, past participle of *kleubaną.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈklɔːvən/, /ˈklɔːvə/, /iˈklɔːvə/, /əˈklɔːvə/

Verb

cloven

past participle of cleven (“to split”)

Descendants

English: cloven
Scots: clowen, cloen

References

“clōve(n, ppl.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-31.

Adjective

cloven

Split, cloven, separated, divided (used of anatomical features)

Descendants

English: cloven
Scots: clowen, cloen

References

“clōve(n, ppl.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-31.

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