clausura

Borrowed from Late Latin clausūra, from Latin claudō (“to close, to shut”).

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [kləwˈzu.ɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [klawˈzu.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Hyphenation: clau‧su‧ra

clausura f (plural clausures)

1. closing, closure

• clausurar

• “clausura” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “clausura”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “clausura” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “clausura” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Borrowed from Late Latin clausūra, from Latin clausus, past participle of claudō (“to close, to shut”). See also the inherited doublet chiusura.

• IPA^(key): /klawˈzu.ra/
• Rhymes: -ura
• Hyphenation: clau‧sù‧ra

clausura f (plural clausure) (usually uncountable)

1. (Christianity) a monastic rule imposing cloistering
2. (figurative) a cloistered life

Late Latin. From clausus (“shut, closed”, past participle of claudō) +‎ -sūra.

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /klau̯ˈsuː.ra/, [kɫ̪äu̯ˈs̠uːrä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /klau̯ˈsu.ra/, [kläu̯ˈsuːrä]

clausūra f (genitive clausūrae); first declension

(Late Latin)

1. lock, bar, bolt
2. clasp (of a necklace)
3. castle, fort
4. cloister

First-declension noun.

• “clausura”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• clausura in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

From Late Latin clausūra, from Latin claudō (“to close, to shut”).

• IPA^(key): /klawˈzy.ɾɔ/
• Rhymes: -yɾɔ
• Hyphenation: clau‧su‧ra

clausura f (plural clausuras)

1. closure, the act of closing
2. enclosure, fence

Borrowed from Late Latin clausūra, from Latin clausus, past participle of claudō (“to close, to shut”). Compare the inherited doublet chousura.

• Rhymes: -uɾɐ
• Hyphenation: clau‧su‧ra

clausura f (plural clausuras)

1. (Christianity) clausure, enclosure, claustral confinement
2. (Christianity, by extension) convent
3. (figuratively) a cloistered life

• IPA^(key): /klauˈsuɾa/ [klau̯ˈsu.ɾa]
• Rhymes: -uɾa
• Syllabification: clau‧su‧ra

Borrowed from Late Latin clausūra, from Latin clausus, perfect passive participle of claudō (“to close, to shut”). Cognate with English closure.

clausura f (plural clausuras)

1. closing, closure (the end or conclusion of something)

   Synonym: cierre m

   Antonym: apertura f

2. (Christianity) closed monastery or convent
3. closing ceremony

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

clausura

1. inflection of clausurar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “clausura”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014