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

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “claustro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “claustro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “claustro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “claustro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “claustro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklaws.tro/
• 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

Related terms

• claustrale
• claustrofilia
• claustrofobia

Anagrams

• scoltura

Latin

Noun

claustrō

1. dative/ablative singular of claustrum

Portuguese

 claustro on Portuguese Wikipedia

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]

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

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈklawʃ.tɾu/

• Hyphenation: claus‧tro

Noun

claustro m (plural claustros)

1. cloister

Further reading

• “claustro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “claustro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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) cloister
2. (religion) claustration

Related terms

• claustral

Further reading

• “claustro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024