cloure

See also: clouré

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin claudere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [ˈklo̞w.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [ˈklɔw.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈklɔw.ɾe]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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• Rhymes: -ɔwɾe

Verb

cloure (first-person singular present cloc, first-person singular preterite cloguí, past participle clos); root stress: (Northern) /o̞/; (Balearic, Central, Northwestern, Valencia) /ɔ/

1. to close, isolate from the exterior

   Synonym: tancar

   Antonyms: obrir, descloure

Conjugation

    Central Catalan conjugation of cloure (second conjugation, irregular, with velar infix)

infinitive			cloure
gerund			cloent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		clos		closa
		plural		closos		closes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	cloc	clous	clou	cloem	cloeu	clouen
	imperfect	cloïa	cloïes	cloïa	cloíem	cloíeu	cloïen
	future	clouré	clouràs	clourà	clourem	cloureu	clouran
	preterite	cloguí	clogueres	clogué	cloguérem	cloguéreu	clogueren
	conditional	clouria	clouries	clouria	clouríem	clouríeu	clourien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	clogui	cloguis	clogui	cloguem	clogueu	cloguin
	imperfect	clogués	cloguessis	clogués	cloguéssim	cloguéssiu	cloguessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	clou	clogui	cloguem	cloeu	cloguin
	negative (no)	—	no cloguis	no clogui	no cloguem	no clogueu	no cloguin

Related terms

• clos
• closa
• descloure
• encloure
• excloure
• incloure

Further reading

• “cloure”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “cloure”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “cloure” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “cloure”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)