esclusa

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Participle

esclusa f sg

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”).

Noun

esclusa f (plural esclusas)

lock (of canal)

Further reading

“esclusa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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