clos

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

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈklɔs]

clos (feminine closa, masculine plural closos, feminine plural closes)

1. enclosed
2. (figurative) retiring, incommunicative

clos m (plural closos)

1. enclosure

clos (feminine closa, masculine plural closos, feminine plural closes)

1. past participle of cloure

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

Past participle of clore. From Old French clos. Corresponds to Latin clausus.

• IPA^(key): /klo/

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clos (feminine close, masculine plural clos, feminine plural closes)

1. past participle of clore

clos (feminine close, masculine plural clos, feminine plural closes)

1. closed, shut

   Synonym: fermé

2. shut in, enclosed

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

• cloison
• closement
• enclos

• “clos”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• cols, LOSC

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.

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “clos”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN

From Latin clausum, clausus.

clos oblique singular, m (oblique plural clos, nominative singular clos, nominative plural clos)

1. enclosed outdoor area, such as a field or a paddock

• Norman: clios (Jersey), cllos (continental Normandy)

clos

1. past participle of clore

• English: close (in part)
• French: clos

clos m

1. checkmate
2. (music) rest

• cuir clos air (“to checkmate”)