huis clos
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French[edit]
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Pronunciation[edit]
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɥi klo/
Audio (file)
Note that the h is aspirated in huis clos but mute in huis.
Noun[edit]
huis clos m (plural huis clos)
- (literally, obsolete) closed door
- an enclosed space such as a room or cell
- (figuratively) a work of fiction (film, novel, etc.) in which the action is set in an enclosed space
- (by extension) a genre in fiction where dramatic tension is derived from the action being set in an enclosed space
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Further reading[edit]
- huis clos on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr