claquemurer
French, verb/klak.my.ʁe/
claquemurer is spelled C-L-A-Q-U-E-M-U-R-E-R (11 letters). Claquemurer is a French verb meaning “to shut up, shut in” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Enfermer, resserrer dans une étroite prison”.
What does claquemurer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shut up, shut in
- 2
to enclose
- 3
to trap
- 4
to shut oneself away
- 5
informalto limit or restrict oneself
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Enfermer, resserrer dans une étroite prison. 2. Tenir enfermé. 3. Engoncer, réduire. 4. Se tenir enfermé chez soi.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of claquemurer
- se claquemurer infinitive reflexive
- s'être + past participle infinitive multiword-construction reflexive
- se claquemurant gerund participle present
- ayant gerund multiword-construction participle
- étant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- claquemuré participle past reflexive
- me claquemure first-person indicative present
- te claquemures indicative present reflexive
- se claquemure indicative present reflexive
- nous claquemurons first-person indicative plural
- vous claquemurez indicative plural present
- se claquemurent indicative plural present
- me claquemurais first-person imperfect indicative
- te claquemurais imperfect indicative reflexive
- se claquemurait imperfect indicative reflexive
- nous claquemurions first-person imperfect indicative
- vous claquemuriez imperfect indicative plural
- se claquemuraient imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce claquemurer?
- /klak.my.ʁe/
- \klak.my.ʁe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.