cloison
English
Etymology
French cloison
Noun
cloison (plural cloisons)
- A partition, dividing fillet or band.
Anagrams
- Consoli, scolion, solonic
French
Etymology
From Old French, from Vulgar Latin *clausiō, clausiōnem, from Latin clausus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /klwa.zɔ̃/
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Noun
cloison f (plural cloisons)
- partition, partition wall
- (anatomy, botany) septum, partition
- (nautical) bulkhead
Derived terms
- cloisonner (“to partition, compartmentalize”)
Related terms
- clore
- clos
Further reading
- “cloison”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.