esclusa

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Participle

esclusa f sg

1. 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)

1. lock (of canal)

Further reading

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