clos

See also: Clos, CLOS, clós, clòs, and clos-

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin clausus. Compare Occitan claus, French clos, and Italian chiuso.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈklɔs]

Adjective

clos (feminine closa, masculine plural closos, feminine plural closes)

1. enclosed
2. (figurative) retiring, incommunicative

Noun

clos m (plural closos)

1. enclosure

Participle

clos (feminine closa, masculine plural closos, feminine plural closes)

1. past participle of cloure

References

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “clos”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

French

Etymology

Past participle of clore. From Old French clos. Corresponds to Latin clausus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klo/

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Participle

clos (feminine close, masculine plural clos, feminine plural closes)

1. past participle of clore

Adjective

clos (feminine close, masculine plural clos, feminine plural closes)

1. closed, shut

   Synonym: fermé

2. shut in, enclosed

Derived terms

• en vase clos
• huis clos
• maison close
• mi-clos
• trouver porte close

Noun

clos m (invariable)

1. a piece of cultivated land surrounded by walls or hedges, especially a small vineyard
2. (Louisiana) field, cultivated farm field

Related terms

• cloison
• closement
• enclos

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• cols, LOSC

Irish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kl̪ˠosˠ/

Noun

clos m (genitive singular cloiste)

1. verbal noun of clois

   Synonyms: cloisteáil, cloisint, cluinstin

   is clos dom ― I hear

   Tá clos agam air sin. ― I’ve heard about that.

Declension

Declension of clos (irregular, no plural)

bare forms singular nominative clos vocative a chlos genitive cloiste dative clos forms with the definite article singular nominative an clos genitive an chloiste dative leis an gclos don chlos

Mutation

Mutated forms of clos

radical	lenition	eclipsis
clos	chlos	gclos

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Modern Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “clos”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla [Irish–English Dictionary], Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

Old French

Etymology

From Latin clausum, clausus.

Noun

clos oblique singular, m (oblique plural clos, nominative singular clos, nominative plural clos)

1. enclosed outdoor area, such as a field or a paddock

Descendants

• Norman: clios (Jersey), cllos (continental Normandy)

Verb

clos

1. past participle of clore

Descendants

• → Middle English: closen (in part)
  • English: close
• French: clos

Old Irish

Alternative forms

• ·closs

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈklos/

Verb

·clos

1. passive singular preterite prototonic of ro·cluinethar

Mutation

Mutation of ·clos

radical	lenition	nasalization
·clos	·chlos	·clos pronounced with /ɡ-/

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in Old Irish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

clos m

1. checkmate
2. (music) rest

Derived terms

• cuir clos air (“to checkmate”)

Mutation

Mutation of clos

radical	lenition
clos	chlos

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Scottish Gaelic.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kloːs/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English close.

Noun

clos m (plural closydd)

1. close, enclosure

   Synonyms: cae, caeadle, ffald

2. arbor, bower

   Synonyms: llanerch, deildy

3. cloister, quire

   Synonyms: clawstr, côr, llys

4. yard, farmyard

   Synonyms: buarth, iard, ffald

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English clothes.

Noun

clos m (plural closau, diminutive closyn)

1. trousers, breeches

   Synonyms: trywsus, llodrau, britshys

Etymology 3

Borrowed from English clause.

Noun

clos m (plural closiau or closau)

1. alternative form of claws (“clause”)

Etymology 4

Borrowed from English close.

Adjective

clos (feminine singular clos, plural clos, equative closed, comparative closach, superlative closaf)

1. alternative form of clòs (“close, tight, muggy”)

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Adjective

clos f

1. feminine singular of clws, alternative form of tlos (“pretty”)

Etymology 6

Inherited from Middle Welsh klows, from Middle English cloves.

Noun

clos

1. alternative form of clofs (“cloves”)

Mutation

Mutated forms of clos

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
clos	glos	nghlos	chlos

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

Further reading

• D. G. Lewis, N. Lewis, editors (2005–present), “clos”, in Gweiadur: the Welsh–English Dictionary, Gwerin
• R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke, et al., editors (1950–present), “clos”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies