sluse
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
- bussluse (“bus trap”)
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
- bussluse (“bus trap”)
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
- IPA(key): /²slʉːsə/
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
- bussluse (“bus trap”)
References
- “sluse” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.