cloison
French, noun/klwa.zɔ̃/
cloison is spelled C-L-O-I-S-O-N (7 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written French, the 24,512th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Cloison is a French feminine noun meaning “partition, partition wall” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espèce de petit mur peu épais servant à la distribution d’un appartement ou d’un bâtiment quelconque”.
What does cloison mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininepartition, partition wall
- 2
feminineseptum, partition
- 3
femininebulkhead
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Espèce de petit mur peu épais servant à la distribution d’un appartement ou d’un bâtiment quelconque. 2. Séparations intérieures d’un navire. 3. Membranes qui divisent l’intérieur des fruits et qui forment des loges où sont renfermées les graines. 4. Partie destinée à séparer deux cavités l’une de l’autre ou à diviser une cavité principale.
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 cloison
- cloisons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce cloison?
- /klwa.zɔ̃/
- \klwa.zɔ̃\
- [klwa.zɔ̃]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to cloison
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is cloison in French?
cloison appears 1.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).