French Etymology Onomatopoeic, compare English clack and Catalan cleca Pronunciation IPA(key): /klak/ Audio:(file) Noun clac m (plural clacs) a hit; a strike a clack (clacking sound) Related terms claquer Further reading “clac”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012. Spanish Etymology Borrowed from French claque. Pronunciation IPA(key): /ˈklak/ [ˈklak] Rhymes: -ak Syllabification: clac Noun clac m (plural claques) crush hat, opera hat claque Further reading “clac”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10Wikiwand - on Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.