occluse

English

Etymology

From Latin occlusus, past participle. See occlude.

Adjective

occluse (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) shut; closed
   • 1669, William Holder, Elements of Speech: An Essay of Inquiry into the Natural Production of Letters: […], London: […] T. N[ewcomb] for J[ohn] Martyn printer to the R[oyal] Society, […], →OCLC:

     [it] gives their Speech [German] a different Tang from ours: to soften the Occluse Gingival Consonants, by a kind of Mixture or ſoft addition of a Spirital in the ſame Articulation, to a Vocal producing the Vowel

References

“occluse”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /okˈklu.ze/
• Rhymes: -uze
• Hyphenation: oc‧clù‧se

Etymology 1

Participle

occluse f pl

1. feminine plural of occluso

Etymology 2

Verb

occluse

1. third-person singular past historic of occludere

Latin

Participle

occlūse

1. vocative masculine singular of occlūsus