Clique

See also: clique and cliqué

English

Etymology

Ellipsis of Skeleton Clique.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kliːk/

• Audio (Received Pronunciation):

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• Homophone: cleek
• Rhymes: -iːk
• (General American) IPA^(key): /klik/, /ˈklɪk/

• Audio (General American); /klik/:

  (file)

• Audio (General American); /ˈklɪk/:

  (file)

• Homophones: click, klick (one pronunciation)
• Rhymes: -ɪk

Proper noun

the Clique

1. Ellipsis of the Skeleton Clique (“the fan base of the American band Twenty One Pilots”).

   Meronym: clikkie

   • 2016 October 26, Catherine Wiesehuegel, “Skeleton Clique Shows Support for Twenty One Pilots”, in The Horizon‎^[1], Austin, Tex.: Westwood Student Press, Westwood High School, archived from the original on 24 October 2025:

     The Skeleton Clique, often referred to as just 'the clique,' is what members of the Twenty One Pilots fandom have dubbed themselves. The clique enjoys the band because their songs typically have a deeper meaning and are easy to connect to.

Alternative forms

• clique

Derived terms

• clikkie

Translations

ellipsis of Skeleton Clique — see Skeleton Clique

German

Etymology

From French clique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklɪkə/

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

  (file)

• Homophone: klicke

Noun

Clique f (genitive Clique, plural Cliquen)

1. a group of friends, a gang, clique

   Synonym: (more formal, broader in sense) Freundeskreis

2. a clique, cabal, camarilla
3. (mathematics) clique

Declension

Declension of Clique [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Clique	die	Cliquen
genitive	einer	der	Clique	der	Cliquen
dative	einer	der	Clique	den	Cliquen
accusative	eine	die	Clique	die	Cliquen

See also

• Klicke

Further reading

• “Clique”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[2] (in German)
• “Clique” in Duden online