cloison

French cloison

cloison (plural cloisons)

1. A partition, dividing fillet or band.

• scolion, solonic

From Old French, from Vulgar Latin *clausiō, clausiōnem, from Latin clausus.

• IPA^(key): /klwa.zɔ̃/

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cloison f (plural cloisons)

1. partition, party wall
2. (anatomy, botany) septum, partition
3. (nautical) bulkhead

• cloisonner (“to partition, compartmentalize”)

• clore
• clos

• “cloison” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).