French Conversation · Level 100
59 words
French word
cloisonner
Pronunciation
IPA/klwazone/
Meaning
- verbsection off
Example
On va cloisonner la pièce.
We are going to section off the room.
More examples
Nous allons cloisonner le salon pour créer un coin bureau.
We are going to section off the living room to create an office corner.
Core concept
Adjacent spaces kept apart by walls or symbolic boundaries.
Common phrases
cloisonner le salon
section off the living room
cloisonner un étage
section off a floor
Similar words
séparer: To make two or more things separate from one another.
diviser: To break a whole into multiple sections.
isoler: To keep something separate from everything around it.
Definition in French
Séparer ou isoler des parties d'un même lieu en installant des éléments de séparation, physiques ou symboliques.
Word origin
The verb cloisonner derives from cloison, meaning a partition, while cloison developed through Old French from Latin clausio, meaning closing.
Usage tips
- In figurative use, cloisonner des équipes or des services suggests keeping them isolated rather than merely organizing them into groups.
Other meanings
- divideverb
- isolateverb
Opposites
- rassemblergatherverb
Related words
- cloisondividing wallnoun
- cloisonnementcompartmentalizationnoun
- cloisonnépartitionedadjective