Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

clojure

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.27 in modern English

Syllables: clo-jure
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A dialect of the Lisp programming language that runs on the JVM.

Example Sentences

"Allowing variable capture when we really, really want it makes Clojure's macro system technically more dangerous than hygienic systems."

Etymology

From closure, respelled with the letter J from Java.

Homonyms

closure

Questions

What does clojure mean?: A dialect of the Lisp programming language that runs on the JVM.
Where does clojure come from?: From closure, respelled with the letter J from Java.

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