claustro

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”).

Noun

claustro m (plural claustros)

  1. (religion) claustration

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