klac

Borrowed from English clutch, from Middle English clucchen, clicchen, cluchen, clechen, cleken, from Old English clyċċan (“to clutch, clench”), from Proto-West Germanic *klukkjan, from Proto-Germanic *klukjaną, from Proto-Germanic *klu- (“to ball up, conglomerate, amass”), from Proto-Indo-European *glew- (“to ball up; lump, mass”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈklat͡ʃ/ [ˈklat͡ʃ]
• Hyphenation: klac

klac (plural klac-klac)

1. (engineering) clutch

   Synonym: cekam

   Synonym: kopling

   1. A device to interrupt power transmission, commonly used to separate the engine and gearbox in a car.
   2. The pedal in a car that disengages power and torque transmission from the engine (through the drivetrain) to the drive wheels.
2. (engineering, by extension) clutch pedal

   Synonym: cekam

   Synonym: kopling

• “klac” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.