claustro

Borrowed from Latin claustrum (“enclosure”, “closed space”). Doublet of chiostro.

• IPA^(key): /ˈklau̯s.tro/, [ˈkl̺äu̯s̪t̪r̺o]
• Stress: clàustro
• Hyphenation: clau‧stro

claustro m (plural claustri) (literary)

1. cloister
2. (figuratively) closure, closing
3. (neuroanatomy) claustrum

• (1): chiostro
• (2): chiusura

• (2): apertura

• claustrofilia
• claustrofobia

claustrō

1. dative singular of claustrum
2. ablative singular of claustrum

Borrowed from Medieval Latin claustrum (“portion of monastery closed off to laity”), from Latin claustrum (“place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure”).

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈklawʃ.tɾu/
• Hyphenation: claus‧tro

claustro m (plural claustros)

1. cloister

Borrowed from Medieval Latin claustrum (“portion of monastery closed off to laity”), from Latin claustrum (“place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure”).

claustro m (plural claustros)

1. (religion) claustration