cloîtrer

See also: cloitrer

French

Alternative forms

• cloitrer (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

First attested 1623, from cloître +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klwa.tʁe/ ~ /klwɑ.tʁe/

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Verb

cloîtrer

1. to cloister (confine to a cloister)

Conjugation

Conjugation of cloîtrer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	cloîtrer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	cloîtrant /klwa.tʁɑ̃/ or /klwɑ.tʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		cloîtré /klwa.tʁe/ or /klwɑ.tʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	cloître /klwatʁ/ or /klwɑtʁ/	cloîtres /klwatʁ/ or /klwɑtʁ/	cloître /klwatʁ/ or /klwɑtʁ/	cloîtrons /klwa.tʁɔ̃/ or /klwɑ.tʁɔ̃/	cloîtrez /klwa.tʁe/ or /klwɑ.tʁe/	cloîtrent /klwatʁ/ or /klwɑtʁ/
	imperfect	cloîtrais /klwa.tʁɛ/ or /klwɑ.tʁɛ/	cloîtrais /klwa.tʁɛ/ or /klwɑ.tʁɛ/	cloîtrait /klwa.tʁɛ/ or /klwɑ.tʁɛ/	cloîtrions /klwa.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /klwɑ.tʁi.jɔ̃/	cloîtriez /klwa.tʁi.je/ or /klwɑ.tʁi.je/	cloîtraient /klwa.tʁɛ/ or /klwɑ.tʁɛ/
	past historic2	cloîtrai /klwa.tʁe/ or /klwɑ.tʁe/	cloîtras /klwa.tʁa/ or /klwɑ.tʁa/	cloîtra /klwa.tʁa/ or /klwɑ.tʁa/	cloîtrâmes /klwa.tʁam/ or /klwɑ.tʁam/	cloîtrâtes /klwa.tʁat/ or /klwɑ.tʁat/	cloîtrèrent /klwa.tʁɛʁ/ or /klwɑ.tʁɛʁ/
	future	cloîtrerai /klwa.tʁə.ʁe/ or /klwɑ.tʁə.ʁe/	cloîtreras /klwa.tʁə.ʁa/ or /klwɑ.tʁə.ʁa/	cloîtrera /klwa.tʁə.ʁa/ or /klwɑ.tʁə.ʁa/	cloîtrerons /klwa.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /klwɑ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/	cloîtrerez /klwa.tʁə.ʁe/ or /klwɑ.tʁə.ʁe/	cloîtreront /klwa.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/ or /klwɑ.tʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	cloîtrerais /klwa.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /klwɑ.tʁə.ʁɛ/	cloîtrerais /klwa.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /klwɑ.tʁə.ʁɛ/	cloîtrerait /klwa.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /klwɑ.tʁə.ʁɛ/	cloîtrerions /klwa.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /klwɑ.tʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	cloîtreriez /klwa.tʁə.ʁje/ or /klwɑ.tʁə.ʁje/	cloîtreraient /klwa.tʁə.ʁɛ/ or /klwɑ.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	cloître /klwatʁ/ or /klwɑtʁ/	cloîtres /klwatʁ/ or /klwɑtʁ/	cloître /klwatʁ/ or /klwɑtʁ/	cloîtrions /klwa.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /klwɑ.tʁi.jɔ̃/	cloîtriez /klwa.tʁi.je/ or /klwɑ.tʁi.je/	cloîtrent /klwatʁ/ or /klwɑtʁ/
	imperfect2	cloîtrasse /klwa.tʁas/ or /klwɑ.tʁas/	cloîtrasses /klwa.tʁas/ or /klwɑ.tʁas/	cloîtrât /klwa.tʁa/ or /klwɑ.tʁa/	cloîtrassions /klwa.tʁa.sjɔ̃/ or /klwɑ.tʁa.sjɔ̃/	cloîtrassiez /klwa.tʁa.sje/ or /klwɑ.tʁa.sje/	cloîtrassent /klwa.tʁas/ or /klwɑ.tʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	cloître /klwatʁ/ or /klwɑtʁ/	—	cloîtrons /klwa.tʁɔ̃/ or /klwɑ.tʁɔ̃/	cloîtrez /klwa.tʁe/ or /klwɑ.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

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