sluis

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) sluys

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /slœy̯s/

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

Etymology 1

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.

Noun

sluis f (plural sluizen, diminutive sluisje n)

1. sluice, lock

Derived terms

• sluisdeur
• sluizen
• zeesluis

 

toponyms

• Blauwe Sluis
• Blauwesluis
• Bovensluis
• Hellevoetsluis
• Hillesluis
• Hugersluys
• Maassluis
• Nessersluis
• Nieuwersluis
• Noordersluis
• Oudesluis
• Sluis
• Sluiskil
• Sluisoord
• Sluizen
• Stolwijkersluis
• Tweesluizen
• Van Ewijcksluis
• Zijpersluis
• Zwartsluis

 

Descendants

• → German: Schleuse
  • → Polish: śluza
  • → Silesian: szlojsa
• → Sranan Tongo: sroisi
  • → Caribbean Hindustani: soroisi
  • → Caribbean Javanese: sorsi

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sluis

1. inflection of sluizen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English sluice or French sluice.

Noun

sluis n (plural sluisuri)

1. (mining) sluice

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	sluis	sluisul		sluisuri	sluisurile
genitive-dative	sluis	sluisului		sluisuri	sluisurilor
vocative	sluisule			sluisurilor