claustro

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin claustrum (portion of monastery closed off to laity), from Latin claustrum (place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure). Doublet of caustra.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈklawstɾʊ]

Noun

claustro m (plural claustros)

  1. cloister

References

  • claustro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • claustro” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • claustro” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • claustro” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • claustro” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin claustrum (enclosure”, “closed space). Doublet of chiostro.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklaw.stro/
  • Rhymes: -awstro
  • Hyphenation: clàu‧stro

Noun

claustro m (plural claustri) (literary)

  1. cloister
    Synonym: chiostro
  2. (figurative) closure, closing
    Synonym: chiusura
    Antonym: apertura
  3. (neuroanatomy) claustrum

Anagrams

Latin

Noun

claustrō

  1. dative/ablative singular of claustrum

Portuguese

claustro

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin claustrum (portion of monastery closed off to laity), from Latin claustrum (place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure).

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈklaws.tɾu/ [ˈklaʊ̯s.tɾu]
    • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˈklawʃ.tɾu/ [ˈklaʊ̯ʃ.tɾu]
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈklaws.tɾo/ [ˈklaʊ̯s.tɾo]

  • Hyphenation: claus‧tro

Noun

claustro m (plural claustros)

  1. cloister

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin claustrum (portion of monastery closed off to laity), from Latin claustrum (place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈklaustɾo/ [ˈklau̯s.t̪ɾo]
  • Rhymes: -austɾo
  • Syllabification: claus‧tro

Noun

claustro m (plural claustros)

  1. (religion) claustration

Further reading

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