cloison

English

Etymology

French cloison

Noun

cloison (plural cloisons)

1. A partition, dividing fillet or band.

Anagrams

• scolion, solonic

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French

Etymology

From Old French, from Vulgar Latin *clausiō, clausiōnem, from Latin clausus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klwa.zɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

cloison f (plural cloisons)

1. partition, party wall
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.