cloistre

== English == === Noun === cloistre (plural cloistres) Obsolete form of cloister. === Anagrams === citolers, cloister, coistrel, cortiles, costlier, creolist, sterolic == French == === Noun === cloistre m (plural cloistres) archaic spelling of cloître == Middle English == === Alternative forms === cloister, closter, cloystre, cloyster, clostre, cloistir, cleystir, cloysture === Etymology === From Old French cloistre, from Medieval Latin claustrum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈklɔi̯stər/, /ˈklɔːstər/ === Noun === cloistre A monastery or cloister; a place where a monastic lifestyle is practiced. A cloister (roofed path, especially at a monastic complex) That which is cloistered; a confined location. (figurative, rare) The uterus as a protective location. ==== Derived terms ==== cloystrer, cloysterer ==== Descendants ==== English: cloister Scots: closter ==== References ==== “cloistre, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 17 June 2018. == Middle French == === Etymology === From Old French cloistre. === Noun === cloistre m (plural cloistres) cloister ==== Descendants ==== French: cloître→ Russian: клуа́тр (kluátr)→ Ukrainian: клуа́тр (kluátr) == Old French == === Etymology === From Medieval Latin claustrum (“portion of monastery closed off to laity”), from Latin claustrum (“place shut in, bar, bolt, enclosure”). === Noun === cloistre oblique singular, m (oblique plural cloistres, nominative singular cloistres, nominative plural cloistre) cloister ==== Descendants ==== Middle French: cloistreFrench: cloître→ Russian: клуа́тр (kluátr)→ Ukrainian: клуа́тр (kluátr) → Middle English: cloistreEnglish: cloisterScots: closter ==== References ==== Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “cloistre”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. “cloître”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012