clos

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See also: Clos, CLOS, clós, and clos-

Catalan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

  • “clos” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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

Noun

clos m (plural clos)

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

Further reading

Anagrams

Irish

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
case singular
nominative clos
vocative a chlos
genitive cloiste
dative clos
forms with the definite article
case 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

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

Scottish Gaelic

Noun

clos m

  1. checkmate
  2. (music) rest

Derived terms

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.

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