Klingon

See also: klingon

English

Photograph of two people in Klingon costume

Two Klingons

Etymology

From the Star Trek franchise, purportedly by Gene Roddenberry, named for Lieutenant Wilbur Clingan of the Los Angeles Police Department

Pronunciation

enPR: klĭng'ŏn, IPA^(key): /ˈklɪŋɒn/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈklɪŋɑn/, /ˈkliŋɑn/

Noun

Klingon (plural Klingons)

(countable) Member of a fictional alien warrior race depicted as having distinctive forehead ridges and a culture based on strict observance of honour, loyalty, and combat.

Translations

member of an alien warrior race in the Star Trek universe

Chinese:
Mandarin: 克林貢 cmn(cmn), 克林贡 cmn(cmn) (Kèlíngòng)
Czech: Klingon m
Esperanto: klingono eo(eo)
Finnish: klingon fi(fi)
French: Klingon fr(fr) m
German: Klingone de(de) m, Klingonin de(de) f
Greek: Κλίγκον el(el) (klíngon) n

Hungarian: klingon (hu)
Japanese: クリンゴン人 ja(ja), クリンゴンじん ja(ja) (kuringon jin)
Portuguese: klingon m, f
Romanian: klingonian ro(ro) m
Russian: клингон m (klingon), клингонец m (klingonec), клингонка f (klingonka)
Serbo-Croatian: клингонац sh(sh) (klingonac) m, клингонка sh(sh) (klingonka) f
Turkish: Klingon tr(tr)

Proper noun

Klingon

An artificial language created by Marc Okrand, first appearing in a Star Trek episode in 1967.

Synonyms

Klingonese

Translations

the language

Afrikaans: Klingon (af)
Arabic: كْلِينْغُونِيَّة‎‎ f (klinḡūniyya)
Bulgarian: клингонски m (klingonski)
Catalan: klingon (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 克林貢語, 克林贡语 (Kèlíngòngyǔ)
Czech: klingonský m, klingonština (cs) f
Danish: klingonsk
Dutch: Klingon (nl)
Esperanto: klingona lingvo, la klingona
Finnish: klingon (fi)
French: klingon (fr) m
German: Klingonisch (de) n
Greek: γλώσσα Κλίγκον f (glóssa Klígkon)
Hebrew: קלינגונית‎‎ f (klingónit)
Hungarian: klingon (hu)

Indonesian: bahasa klingon
Irish: Tliongáinis f
Italian: klingon (it) m
Japanese: クリンゴン語 (クリンゴンご, kuringongo)
Norwegian: klingonsk
Polish: klingoński (pl) m
Portuguese: klingon
Romanian: klingoniană f
Russian: клингонский m (klingonskij)
Serbo-Croatian: клингонски m (klingonski)
Slovene: klingonski m
Spanish: klingon m
Swedish: klingonska (sv)
Turkish: Klingonca (tr)
Welsh: klingon

See also

Klingon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Qapla'
Appendix:Klingon

Further reading

Linguist List entry for Klingon, code tlh

Afrikaans

Noun

Klingon (uncountable)

Klingon (language)

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