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• klō'zhər
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• UK: /ˈkləʊ.ʒə(ɹ)/
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• US: /ˈkloʊ.ʒɚ/
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• Australian: /ˈkləʉ.ʒə(ɹ)/
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• rhymes with (UK) -əʊʒə(ɹ)
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• CMU ARPABET: K L OW1 ZH ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle English closure, from Old French closure, from Late Latin clausura, from Latin claudere (“to close”); see clausure and cloture (etymological doublets) and close.

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: закриване (zakrivane) — event signifying an ending
• Catalan: clausura — event signifying an ending
• Czech: uzavření — event signifying an ending
• Czech: uzavírka — event signifying an ending
• Dutch: beëindiging — event signifying an ending
• Dutch: afsluiting — event signifying an ending
• Dutch: sluiting — event signifying an ending
• Finnish: sulkeminen — event signifying an ending
• Finnish: lopettaminen — event signifying an ending
• German: Schließung — event signifying an ending
• Italian: chiusura — event signifying an ending
• Italian: termine — event signifying an ending
• Malayalam: സമാപനം (samāpanaṁ) — event signifying an ending
• Malayalam: അടച്ചുപൂട്ടൽ (aṭaccupūṭṭal) — event signifying an ending
• Portuguese: encerramento — event signifying an ending
• Portuguese: fecho — event signifying an ending
• Portuguese: término — event signifying an ending
• Romanian: închidere — event signifying an ending
• Russian: оконча́ние (okončánije) — event signifying an ending
• Russian: закры́тие (zakrýtije) — event signifying an ending
• Scottish Gaelic: dùnadh — event signifying an ending
• Spanish: cierre — event signifying an ending
• Spanish: clausura — event signifying an ending
• Swedish: avslutning — event signifying an ending
• Swedish: avrundning — event signifying an ending
• German: Abschluss — feeling of completeness
• Indonesian: penyelesaian — feeling of completeness
• Portuguese: término — feeling of completeness
• Portuguese: final — feeling of completeness
• Portuguese: desfecho — feeling of completeness
• Spanish: cierre — feeling of completeness
• Finnish: suljin — device to facilitate opening and closing
• Finnish: sulkija — device to facilitate opening and closing
• German: Schloss — device to facilitate opening and closing
• German: Verschluss — device to facilitate opening and closing
• Malayalam: അടപ്പ് (aṭappŭ) — device to facilitate opening and closing
• Spanish: cierre — device to facilitate opening and closing
• Catalan: clausura — programming: type of abstraction
• Chinese Mandarin: 閉包 /闭包 (bìbāo) — programming: type of abstraction
• Finnish: sulkeuma — programming: type of abstraction
• Finnish: klosuuri — programming: type of abstraction
• French: fermeture — programming: type of abstraction
• German: Closure — programming: type of abstraction
• German: Funktionsabschluss — programming: type of abstraction
• Greek: κλείσιμο (kleísimo) — programming: type of abstraction
• Icelandic: lokun — programming: type of abstraction
• Italian: chiusura — programming: type of abstraction
• Japanese: 関数閉包 (kansū-heihō) — programming: type of abstraction
• Japanese: クロージャ (kurōja) — programming: type of abstraction
• Persian: بستار — programming: type of abstraction
• Persian: بستماندیک — programming: type of abstraction
• Portuguese: clausura — programming: type of abstraction
• Spanish: clausura — programming: type of abstraction
• Spanish: cerradura — programming: type of abstraction
• Bulgarian: обвивка (obvivka) — mathematics: type of set
• Chinese Mandarin: 閉包 /闭包 (bìbāo) — mathematics: type of set
• Czech: uzávěr — mathematics: type of set
• Danish: afslutning — mathematics: type of set
• Finnish: sulkeuma — mathematics: type of set
• French: fermeture — mathematics: type of set
• German: Hülle — mathematics: type of set
• Hungarian: lezárt — mathematics: type of set
• Icelandic: lokun — mathematics: type of set
• Irish: iamh an tacair — mathematics: type of set
• Italian: chiusura — mathematics: type of set
• Japanese: 閉包 (heihō) — mathematics: type of set
• Japanese: 閉苞 (heihō) — mathematics: type of set
• Polish: domknięcie — mathematics: type of set
• Portuguese: fechamento — mathematics: type of set
• Romanian: închidere — mathematics: type of set
• Spanish: clausura — mathematics: type of set
• Spanish: cierre — mathematics: type of set
• Swedish: hölje — mathematics: type of set
• Finnish: sulkeuma — topology: type of set
• Icelandic: lokaður hjúpur — topology: type of set
• Spanish: clausura — topology: type of set
• Spanish: cerradura — topology: type of set
• Spanish: cierre — topology: type of set
• Finnish: sulkeminen — act of shutting; a closing
• German: Schließen — act of shutting; a closing
• Māori: katinga — act of shutting; a closing
• Spanish: clausura — act of shutting; a closing
• Spanish: cierre — act of shutting; a closing
• Spanish: cerramiento — act of shutting; a closing
• Finnish: sulkeminen — act of shutting or closing something permanently or temporarily
• Spanish: cerramiento — act of shutting or closing something permanently or temporarily
• Finnish: klosuuri — politics: method of ending a parliamentary debate and securing an immediate vote
• Finnish: suljin — food packaging industry: element of packaging that closes a container