kloster
Norwegian Nynorsk
noun-n1
Definitions
- a monastery
- a convent nonnekloster
Etymology
Derived from Old Norse klaustr derived from Latin claustrum (enclosure, bar, place shut in, bolt, a shut in place, closed space, gate, a shut-in place, cloister).
Origin
Latin
claustrum
Gloss
enclosure, bar, place shut in, bolt, a shut in place, closed space, gate, a shut-in place, cloister
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
門
Emoji
🔩
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- claustrophilia English
- claustrophobia English
- *clostrum Latin
- *clōstrum Latin
- claudo Latin
- claustellum Latin
- claustrarius Latin
- claustrum Latin
- clostrum Latin
- chiostro Italian
- claustro Italian
- claustrer French
- claustrophobie French
- claustro Spanish, Castilian
- claustrofobia Spanish, Castilian
- φόβος Ancient Greek
- *(s)kleh₂w- Proto-Indo-European
- *kleh₂ud-, *kleh₂u- Proto-Indo-European
- kloster Norwegian Bokmål
- claustro Portuguese
- claustrofobia Portuguese
- kloster Swedish
- clauster Old English
- klaustr Old Norse
- cloistre Old French
- claustre Catalan, Valencian
- klaustur Icelandic
- claustrofobia Galician
- klōstar Old High German
- klosteris Latvian
- claustra Old Portuguese
- klôster Middle Low German
- klōster Middle Low German
- kloster Old Swedish