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clou

highlight

noun kloo Rare
Arts & Culture Performance

Origin: French clou (nail), then 'the nail of the show'

Also means

main attraction

Usage Note

Clou is an invariable French loanword used in Italian as il clou to mean the centrepiece or most exciting moment of an event. Because it is borrowed, it does not change in the plural: i clou. It belongs to a register of cultural journalism and is rarely used in everyday speech.

Examples

"Il clou della serata è stato il concerto."

Natural Translation

The highlight of the evening was the concert.

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