esclusa

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈsklu.za/
• Rhymes: -uza
• Hyphenation: e‧sclù‧sa

Participle

esclusa f sg

1. feminine singular of escluso

Anagrams

• cassule

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin exclūsa (“sluice, lock”), originally the feminine singular of Latin exclūsus, perfect passive participle of exclūdō (“to exclude”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈklusa/ [esˈklu.sa]
• Rhymes: -usa
• Syllabification: es‧clu‧sa

Noun

esclusa f (plural esclusas)

1. lock (of canal)

Further reading

• “esclusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10