sluse
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Danish
Noun
sluse c (singular definite slusen, plural indefinite sluser)
- A sluice, lock (a segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels)
Compounds
Middle English
Noun
sluse
- Alternative form of scluse
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Middle Low German sluse, from Old French escluse, from Late Latin exclusa.
Noun
sluse f or m (definite singular slusa or slusen, indefinite plural sluser, definite plural slusene)
- A sluice, lock (a segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels)
Compounds
References
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From German Low German, from Latin exclusa (“extrusion, gate”), from Latin exclūsus, form of exclūdō (“I shut out, I exclude”). Akin to English sluice.
Pronunciation
Noun
sluse f (definite singular slusa, indefinite plural sluser, definite plural slusene)
- A sluice, lock (a segment of a canal or other waterway enclosed by gates, used for raising and lowering boats between levels)
Compounds
References
- “sluse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.