clapperboard

See also: clapper board

English

a clapperboard

Alternative forms

• clapper board

Etymology

From clapper +‎ board.

Noun

clapperboard (plural clapperboards)

1. (film) A device consisting of a board on which information about a film being recorded is noted, and a hinged piece which is brought down on the board with a clap at the start and end of each take of the film; it is used to synchronize picture and sound during editing.

   Synonyms: board, clapboard, clapstick, marker, slate, slate board, sticks, sync slate

Translations

device with a hinged piece which is brought down with a clap at the start and end of each take of a film

• Catalan: claqueta
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 場記板 / 场记板 (zh) (chǎngjìbǎn)

• Czech: klapka f
• Danish: klaptræ
• Dutch: klapbord (nl)
• Finnish: klaffi (fi)
• French: clap (fr) m, claquette (fr) f
• Galician: claqueta
• German: Filmklappe f
• Hungarian: csapó (hu)
• Italian: ciac (it) m
• Japanese: カチンコ (kachinko)
• Norwegian: klapper
• Polish: klaps (pl) m inan
• Portuguese: claquete (pt)
• Russian: хлопу́шка (ru) f (xlopúška)
• Spanish: claqueta (es)
• Swedish: synkronklappa
• Turkish: çekim tahtasının

Verb

clapperboard (third-person singular simple present clapperboards, present participle clapperboarding, simple past and past participle clapperboarded)

1. To use a clapperboard, especially to clap it to start a film take.