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

Related terms

• claustrale
• claustrofilia
• claustrofobia

Anagrams

• scoltura

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]

• (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

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

Related terms

• claustral

 

Further reading

• “claustro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014