sluis

• (obsolete) sluys

• IPA^(key): /slœy̯s/

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• Hyphenation: sluis
• Rhymes: -œy̯s
• Homophone: Sluis

From Middle Dutch sluse, from Old Dutch slūsa, from Late Latin exclūsa, sclūsa (“sluice”), from exclūsus, form of exclūdō (“I shut out, I exclude”). Cognate to English sluice.

sluis f (plural sluizen, diminutive sluisje n)

1. sluice, lock

• → Sranan Tongo: sroisi
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: soroisi
  • → Caribbean Javanese: sorsi

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

sluis

1. inflection of sluizen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

Borrowed from English sluice or French sluice.

sluis n (plural sluisuri)

1. (mining) sluice