clore

Meaning

close (put an end to)

Concepts

close
enclose
shut
end
🔚
close down
lock
🔒
place
terminate
unfold
blossom
🌼

immit

blossom forth

blossom out
conclude
insert
Synonyms

fermer
B1
terminer
B2
🔚

mettre fin à

finir
A2
conclure
C1
dérouler
C2
enclore
fleur
B2
🌸
insérer
20k
mettre
A1
superviser
C2
clôturer
37k
aboutir
20k
résilier
achever
C1
boucher
C1
cesser
C1
délimiter
Translations

sluiten
terminar
fechar
schließen
kapatmak
cerrar
chiudere
cloure
concluir
encerrar
beëindigen
🔚
tancar
cingere
Frequency

C2
Pronounced as (IPA)
/klɔʁ/
Etymology

Inherited from Middle French
clore
Inherited from Old French
clore
Inherited from Latin
claudō
In summary

From Middle French clore, from Old French clore, from Latin claudere. Now largely replaced by fermer because of interference with clouer (“to nail”) in certain conjugated forms.

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