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claustral

French, adjective\klos.tʁal\

claustral is spelled C-L-A-U-S-T-R-A-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written French, the 146,077th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Claustral is a French adjective meaning “cloister; claustral” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Relatif au cloître ou monastère”.

What does claustral mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    cloister; claustral

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Relatif au cloître ou monastère.

noun: 1. Personne qui est au cloitre, au monastère.

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 claustral

  • claustrale feminine
  • claustraux masculine plural
  • claustrales feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce claustral?

  • \klos.tʁal\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to claustral

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is claustral in French?

claustral appears about once in every 20 million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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