cloison

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cloison.

Noun

cloison (plural cloisons)

1. A partition, dividing fillet or band.

Derived terms

• cloisonless

Anagrams

• Consoli, scolion, solonic

French

Etymology

Inherited from Old French, from Vulgar Latin *clausiōnem, from Latin clausus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klwa.zɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

cloison f (plural cloisons)

1. partition, partition wall
   • 1857, Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary […]‎^[1], Paris: Michel Lévy Frères:

     Elle décachetait ses lettres, épiait ses démarches, et l'écoutait, à travers la cloison, donner ses consultations dans son cabinet, quand il y avait des femmes.

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2. (anatomy, botany) septum, partition
3. (nautical) bulkhead

Derived terms

• cloisonner (“to partition, compartmentalize”)

Related terms

• clore
• clos

Further reading

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