écluse

From Old French escluse, from Late Latin exclūsa [aqua], from the classical Latin verb exclūdō, exclūdere.

• IPA^(key): /e.klyz/

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• Homophones: éclusent, écluses

écluse f (plural écluses)

1. sluice, lock (of canal)

écluse

1. first-person singular present indicative of écluser
2. third-person singular present indicative of écluser
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of écluser
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of écluser
5. second-person singular imperative of écluser

• “écluse” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• culées, écules, éculés