claustrer

French

Etymology

Formed from the root of Latin claustrum, claustra. See also cloîtrer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klos.tʁe/

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Verb

claustrer

1. (transitive) to confine

Conjugation

Conjugation of claustrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	claustrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	claustrant /klos.tʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		claustré /klos.tʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	claustre /klostʁ/	claustres /klostʁ/	claustre /klostʁ/	claustrons /klos.tʁɔ̃/	claustrez /klos.tʁe/	claustrent /klostʁ/
	imperfect	claustrais /klos.tʁɛ/	claustrais /klos.tʁɛ/	claustrait /klos.tʁɛ/	claustrions /klos.tʁi.jɔ̃/	claustriez /klos.tʁi.je/	claustraient /klos.tʁɛ/
	past historic2	claustrai /klos.tʁe/	claustras /klos.tʁa/	claustra /klos.tʁa/	claustrâmes /klos.tʁam/	claustrâtes /klos.tʁat/	claustrèrent /klos.tʁɛʁ/
	future	claustrerai /klos.tʁə.ʁe/	claustreras /klos.tʁə.ʁa/	claustrera /klos.tʁə.ʁa/	claustrerons /klos.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/	claustrerez /klos.tʁə.ʁe/	claustreront /klos.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	claustrerais /klos.tʁə.ʁɛ/	claustrerais /klos.tʁə.ʁɛ/	claustrerait /klos.tʁə.ʁɛ/	claustrerions /klos.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	claustreriez /klos.tʁə.ʁje/	claustreraient /klos.tʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	claustre /klostʁ/	claustres /klostʁ/	claustre /klostʁ/	claustrions /klos.tʁi.jɔ̃/	claustriez /klos.tʁi.je/	claustrent /klostʁ/
	imperfect2	claustrasse /klos.tʁas/	claustrasses /klos.tʁas/	claustrât /klos.tʁa/	claustrassions /klos.tʁa.sjɔ̃/	claustrassiez /klos.tʁa.sje/	claustrassent /klos.tʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	claustre /klostʁ/	—	claustrons /klos.tʁɔ̃/	claustrez /klos.tʁe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “claustrer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.