esclusa
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈklu.za/
- Rhymes: -uza
- Hyphenation: e‧sclù‧sa
Participle
esclusa f sg
- feminine singular of escluso
Anagrams
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)
- 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], 10 December 2024