cloister

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈklɔɪstə/
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• Canada, General-American: kloiʹstər
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• Canada, General-American: /ˈklɔɪstɚ/
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• Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈkloɪstə/
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• rhymes with -ɔɪstə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: K L OY1 S T ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Recorded since about 1300 as Middle English cloistre, borrowed from Old French cloistre, clostre, or via Old English clauster, both from Medieval Latin claustrum (“portion of monastery closed off to laity”), from Latin claustrum (“place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure”), a derivation of the past participle of claudere (“to close”). Doublet of claustrum.

83 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: покри́та арка́да (pokríta arkáda) — covered walk with an open colonnade
• Catalan: claustre — covered walk with an open colonnade
• Chinese Mandarin: 迴廊 /回廊 (huíláng) — covered walk with an open colonnade
• Dutch: kloostergang — covered walk with an open colonnade
• Dutch: kruisgang — covered walk with an open colonnade
• Esperanto: klostro — covered walk with an open colonnade
• French: cloître — covered walk with an open colonnade
• Galician: claustro — covered walk with an open colonnade
• Galician: caustra — covered walk with an open colonnade
• German: Kreuzgang — covered walk with an open colonnade
• German: Chrüüzgang — covered walk with an open colonnade
• Greek: περιστύλιο (peristýlio) — covered walk with an open colonnade
• Hungarian: kerengő — covered walk with an open colonnade
• Italian: chiostro — covered walk with an open colonnade
• Japanese: 回廊 (kairō) — covered walk with an open colonnade
• Polish: krużganek — covered walk with an open colonnade
• Portuguese: claustro — covered walk with an open colonnade
• Romanian: claustru — covered walk with an open colonnade
• Romanian: arcadă — covered walk with an open colonnade
• Russian: клуа́тр (kluátr) — covered walk with an open colonnade
• Russian: кры́тая галере́я (krýtaja galeréja) — covered walk with an open colonnade
• Russian: кры́тая арка́да (krýtaja arkáda) — covered walk with an open colonnade
• Serbo-Croatian: клаустар — covered walk with an open colonnade
• Serbo-Croatian: klaustar — covered walk with an open colonnade
• Spanish: claustro — covered walk with an open colonnade
• Swedish: korsgång — covered walk with an open colonnade
• Turkish: kemer avlu — covered walk with an open colonnade
• Ukrainian: клуа́тр (kluátr) — covered walk with an open colonnade
• Bulgarian: манасти́р (manastír) — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Catalan: clausura — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Chinese Mandarin: 修道院 (xiūdàoyuàn) — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Czech: klášter — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Danish: kloster — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Dutch: klooster — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Esperanto: klostro — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Esperanto: monaĥejo — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Faroese: kleystur — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Finnish: luostari — place devoted to religious seclusion
• French: cloître — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Georgian: მონასტერი (monasṭeri) — place devoted to religious seclusion
• German: Kloster — place devoted to religious seclusion
• German: Chlooschter — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Greek: μοναστήρι (monastíri) — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Hungarian: kolostor — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Hungarian: zárda — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Japanese: 修道院 (shūdōin) — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Old English: mynsterclūse — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Persian: صومعه (some'e) — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Persian: مانستان (mānestān) — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Polish: klasztor — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Portuguese: claustro — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Romanian: mănăstire — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Russian: монасты́рь (monastýrʹ) — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Serbo-Croatian: манастир — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Serbo-Croatian: самостан — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Serbo-Croatian: manastir — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Serbo-Croatian: samostan — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Spanish: claustro — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Swedish: kloster — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Turkish: halvethane — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Turkish: dergâh — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Turkish: tekke — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Turkish: manastır — place devoted to religious seclusion
• Catalan: clausura — monastic life
• Dutch: kloosterleven — monastic life
• French: (la vie des) cloîtres — monastic life
• German: Klosterleben — monastic life
• German: Klausur — monastic life
• Persian: صومعگی (some'egi) — monastic life
• Polish: klauzura — monastic life
• Portuguese: claustro — monastic life
• Portuguese: clausura — monastic life
• Romanian: călugărie — monastic life
• Romanian: sihăstrie — monastic life
• Serbo-Croatian: monaštvo — monastic life
• Serbo-Croatian: klauzura — monastic life
• Dutch: in het klooster treden — become a Catholic religious
• Esperanto: monaĥiĝi — become a Catholic religious
• Esperanto: monaĥiniĝi — become a Catholic religious
• Polish: stać się religijnym katolikiem — become a Catholic religious
• Romanian: claustra — become a Catholic religious
• Spanish: enclaustrar — (''transitive'')
• Spanish: enceldar — (''transitive'')