claustro

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

Related terms

• claustrofilia
• claustrofobia

Anagrams

• scoltura

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Latin

Noun

claustrō

1. dative/ablative singular of claustrum

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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

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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

Further reading

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