clore
Sure! Here's the breakdown for the French verb clore:
🔹 Clore – to close / to shut / to conclude
Meaning:
- To close something (like a meeting, a discussion, or a case)
- More formal or literary than fermer
Example:
– La réunion va clore la journée.
→ The meeting will close the day.
– Ils ont clos le débat.
→ They concluded the debate.
Present tense conjugation (rarely used, more often replaced by fermer in everyday speech):
| Subject | Verb |
|---|---|
| Je | clos |
| Tu | clos |
| Il/Elle | clot / close (both accepted) |
| Nous | closons |
| Vous | closez |
| Ils/Elles | closent |
Past participle: clos
– Le dossier est clos.
(The file is closed.)
Notes:
- Clore is irregular and mostly literary or formal.
- The verb is often used figuratively to mean to end or to conclude rather than physically closing something.
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