sluis

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch [Term?] sluse, from Old Dutch [Term?] slūsa, from Late Latin exclusa, sclusa (“sluice”), from Latin exclūsus, form of exclūdō (“I shut out, I exclude”). Cognate to English sluice.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /slœy̯s/
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  • Rhymes: -œy̯s

Noun

sluis f (plural sluizen, diminutive sluisje n)

  1. sluice, lock

Verb

sluis

  1. first-person singular present indicative of sluizen
  2. imperative of sluizen
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