English

Noun

clôture ‎(plural clôtures)

1. Alternative spelling of cloture
   • 1894, Goldwin Smith quoted in The Review of Reviews; Volume IX, page #600:

     A House of Commons manifestly demoralized, unable to dispatch the business, docked of freedom of debate by the clôture, in bondage at once to the caucus and to Irish disaffection, is proclaimed the sole organ of the national will, the supreme and only power of the State.

French

Etymology

From Old French closture (see also closure), from Late Latin clausūra, from Latin clausus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /klotyʁ/

Noun

clôture f ‎(plural clôtures)

1. fence; hedge, wall
2. closing, closure (of a business, shop, argument etc.)

Verb

clôture

1. first-person singular present indicative of clôturer
2. third-person singular present indicative of clôturer
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of clôturer
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of clôturer
5. second-person singular present imperative of clôturer

Related terms

• clore
• clos

Derived terms

• clôturer

Anagrams

• clouter