claustro

Galician

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *kleh₂w-der.

Proto-Italic *klaudō

Latin claudō

Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr

Proto-Indo-European *-om

Proto-Indo-European *-trom

Proto-Italic *-trom

Latin -trum

Latin claustra

Medieval Latin claustrumlbor.

Galician claustro

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin claustrum (“portion of monastery closed off to laity”), from Latin claustra. Doublet of caustra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈklawstɾʊ]

Noun

claustro m (plural claustros)

1. cloister

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “claustro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “claustro”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “claustro”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “claustro”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “claustro”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklaws.tro/
• Rhymes: -awstro
• Hyphenation: clàu‧stro

Noun

claustro m (plural claustri) (literary)

1. cloister

   Synonym: chiostro

2. (figurative) closure, closing

   Synonym: chiusura

   Antonym: apertura

3. (neuroanatomy) claustrum

Related terms

• claustrale
• claustrofilia
• claustrofobia

Anagrams

• scoltura

Latin

Noun

claustrō

1. dative/ablative singular of claustrum

Portuguese

claustro

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈklaws.tɾu/ [ˈklaʊ̯s.tɾu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈklaws.tɾu/ [ˈklaʊ̯s.tɾu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ˈklawʃ.tɾu/ [ˈklaʊ̯ʃ.tɾu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈklawʃ.tɾu/

• Hyphenation: claus‧tro

Noun

claustro m (plural claustros)

1. cloister

Further reading

• “claustro”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “claustro”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklaustɾo/ [ˈklau̯s.t̪ɾo]
• Rhymes: -austɾo
• Syllabification: claus‧tro

Noun

claustro m (plural claustros)

1. (religion) cloister
2. (religion) claustration

Related terms

• claustral

Further reading

• “claustro”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025