clapperboard

See also: clapper board

clapperboard on Wikipedia

English

Alternative forms

clapper board

Etymology

From clapper +‎ board.

Noun

clapperboard (plural clapperboards)

(film) A device used in film production, having hinged boards that are brought together with a clap, used at the start of each take of a motion picture or other video production to be able to synchronize picture and sound during editing.

Synonyms

(film): clapboard, clapstick, slate, slate board, sync slate, sticks, board, marker

Translations

device used in film

Catalan: claqueta
Chinese:
Mandarin: 場記板／场记板 (zh) (chǎngjìbǎn)
Czech: klapka f
Danish: klaptræ
Dutch: klapbord
Finnish: klaffi (fi)
French: clap (fr) m, claquette (fr) f
German: Filmklappe f
Hungarian: csapó (hu)
Italian: ciac (it) m
Japanese: カチンコ (kachinko)
Norwegian: klapper
Polish: klaps (pl) m
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)

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