claustro
Galician edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin claustrum (“portion of monastery closed off to laity”), from Latin claustrum (“place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure”). Doublet of caustra.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
claustro m (plural claustros)
References edit
- “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 edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin claustrum (“enclosure”, “closed space”). Doublet of chiostro.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
claustro m (plural claustri) (literary)
- cloister
- Synonym: chiostro
- (figurative) closure, closing
- (neuroanatomy) claustrum
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Latin edit
Noun edit
claustrō
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin claustrum (“portion of monastery closed off to laity”), from Latin claustrum (“place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure”).
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: claus‧tro
Noun edit
claustro m (plural claustros)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin claustrum (“portion of monastery closed off to laity”), from Latin claustrum (“place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
claustro m (plural claustros)
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Further reading edit
- “claustro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014