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 === “sluse” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “sluse_1” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From German Low German, from Latin exclusa (“extrusion, gate”), from Latin exclūsus, form of exclūdō (“to shut out, to 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.