claustra
French, noun/klos.tʁa/
claustra is spelled C-L-A-U-S-T-R-A (8 letters) and appears about once in every 25 million words in written French, the 159,320th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Claustra is a French feminine noun meaning “a type of decorative screen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a third-person singular past historic of claustrer. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Cloison légère et décorative constituée d’éléments non jointifs ou évidés. Son usage est plus fréquent au…”.
What does claustra mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinea type of decorative screen
verb
- 1
third-person singular past historic of claustrer
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Cloison légère et décorative constituée d’éléments non jointifs ou évidés. Son usage est plus fréquent au jardin qu'en intérieur.
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 claustra
- claustras plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce claustra?
- /klos.tʁa/
- \klos.tʁa\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is claustra in French?
claustra appears about once in every 25 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).