enclos
French, noun/ɑ̃.klo/
enclos is spelled E-N-C-L-O-S (6 letters) and appears 3.3 times per million words in written French, the 14,875th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enclos is a French masculine noun meaning “enclosure, paddock” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a past participle of enclore. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Espace de terrain entouré d’une clôture”.
What does enclos mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineenclosure, paddock
verb
- 1
past participle of enclore
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui est enfermé, entouré d’une barrière. 2. Se dit de meuble(s) entouré(s) par un trescheur, une palissade ou un autre meuble.
noun: 1. Espace de terrain entouré d’une clôture. 2. Cette enceinte elle-même. 3. Enclos des releveurs.
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 enclos
- enclose feminine
- encloses feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce enclos?
- /ɑ̃.klo/
- \ɑ̃.klo\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to enclos
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is enclos in French?
enclos appears 3.3 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).