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Translate cloister from English to Dutch

Summary

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cloister:
- kloostergang; kruisweg; kruisgang; klooster
Wiktionary:
- cloister → kloosterleven, kruisgang, kloostergang, klooster

English

Detailed Translations for cloister from English to Dutch

cloister:

cloister [the ~] nom

the cloister
de kloostergang
- kloostergang [de ~ (m)] nom
the cloister
de kruisweg; de kruisgang
- kruisweg [de ~ (m)] nom
- kruisgang [de ~ (m)] nom
the cloister (religious residence)

– residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery) ¹
het klooster
- klooster [het ~] nom

Translation Matrix for cloister:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
klooster	cloister; religious residence	convent; monastery; nunnery
kloostergang	cloister
kruisgang	cloister
kruisweg	cloister

Related Words for "cloister":

cloisters

Synonyms for "cloister":

religious residence; residence
court; courtyard
surround; environ; encircle; circle; round; ring
isolate; insulate

Related Definitions for "cloister":

a courtyard with covered walks (as in religious institutions)¹
residence that is a place of religious seclusion (such as a monastery)¹
seclude from the world in or as if in a cloister¹
- She cloistered herself in the office¹
surround with a cloister¹
- cloister the garden¹
surround with a cloister, as of a garden¹

Wiktionary Translations for cloister:

cloister

noun

monastic life
- cloister → kloosterleven
A covered walk with an open colonnade on one side
- cloister → kruisgang; kloostergang
place devoted to religious seclusion
- cloister → klooster

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University