huis clos

See also: huis-clos

French

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Pronunciation

  • (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɥi klo/
  • Audio:(file)

Note that the h is aspirated in but mute in huis.

Noun

huis clos m (plural huis clos)

  1. (literally, obsolete) closed door
  2. an enclosed space such as a room or cell
  3. (figuratively) a work of fiction (film, novel, etc.) in which the action is set in an enclosed space
  4. (by extension) a genre in fiction where dramatic tension is derived from the action being set in an enclosed space
  5. a period of proceeding in camera

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