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chave

Pronunciation: /ˈʃa.vi/

“chave” is a Portuguese word. Its 20 meanings in English:

noun

  1. key (object that opens and closes a lock)
  2. key (object that is inserted into a device and rotated to activate it)
  3. any of several tools designed to turn screws, bolts, nuts, etc., especially a spanner
  4. curly bracket (name of the characters and )
  5. key (crucial step, element or requirement)
  6. keys (free access to something)
  7. key; password
  8. key (a string used to encode or decode text)
  9. key (value that identifies a row in a table)
  10. a key of a wind instrument
  11. tuning lever; tuning wrench; hammer (tool used to tune certain stringed instruments)
  12. winder (key or knob used to wind a clockwork mechanism)
  13. the switch of a circuit breaker
  14. the clue to an answer
  15. group; pool (in a tournament, a set of players or team who play against one another)
  16. joint lock
  17. the mechanism that activates a switch
  18. the keystone of a vault
  19. synonym of clave
  20. clavis; key (groups of information used for identifying a taxon)

In Portuguese

  1. objeto usado para abrir e fechar uma fechadura, algemas ou cadeado
  2. sinal (junto com colchetes e parênteses) usado para agrupar elementos matemáticos em operações de prioridades diversas
  3. clave musical
  4. golpe usado para imobilizar o adversário
  5. descrição que auxilia a identificação de seres vivos
  6. mecanismo que abre e fecha orifícios, permitindo controlar o som em instrumentos musicais
  7. identificador que permite localizar informações em repositórios de dados
  8. pedaço de informação, geralmente secreto, usado para personalizar cifras
  9. sinal de pontuação: {}

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese chave (“key”), from Latin clāvis (“key”), from Proto-Italic *klāwis (“bolt, lock, bar”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w- (“nail, pin, hook - instruments, of old use for locking doors”) (possibly through an Ancient Greek intermediate). Doublet of clave, a learned borrowing. Cognate with Galician chave, Spanish llave, Catalan and Occitan clau, French clé,…

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