escluse

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /eˈsklu.ze/
• Rhymes: -uze
• Hyphenation: e‧sclù‧se

Etymology 1

Participle

escluse f pl

1. feminine plural of escluso

Etymology 2

Verb

escluse

1. third-person singular past historic of escludere

Anagrams

• lucesse

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin exclūsa, from Latin exclūsus.

Noun

escluse oblique singular, f (oblique plural escluses, nominative singular escluse, nominative plural escluses)

1. sluice

Descendants

• Middle English: scluse, sluse (through Anglo-Norman)
  • English: sluice

References

• escluse on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub