sluice

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• Northern-Ireland, Scotland: /ˈslʉs/
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• obsolete: /sljuːs/
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From Middle English sluse, alteration of scluse, from Anglo-Norman escluse (“sluice, floodgate”), from Late Latin exclusa (“extrusion, gate”), from Latin exclūsus, form of exclūdō (“to shut out, to exclude”) (English exclude). Cognate to Dutch sluis.

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: ջրարգելակ (ǰrargelak) — passage for water
• Azerbaijani: suvacaq — passage for water
• Belarusian: шлюз (šljuz) — passage for water
• Bulgarian: шлюз (šljuz) — passage for water
• Catalan: àbac — passage for water
• Chinese Mandarin: 水閘 /水闸 (shuǐzhá) — passage for water
• Czech: propust — passage for water
• Czech: šlajsna — passage for water
• Dutch: sluis — passage for water
• Esperanto: kluzo — passage for water
• Esperanto: kluzopordo — passage for water
• Finnish: sulku — passage for water
• Finnish: portti — passage for water
• Finnish: ränni — passage for water
• French: écluse — passage for water
• German: Schleuse — passage for water
• German: Schleusentor — passage for water
• German: Siel — passage for water
• Greek: υδατοφράκτης (ydatofráktis) — passage for water
• Hungarian: zsilip — passage for water
• Icelandic: gáttarstífla — passage for water
• Indonesian: sluis — passage for water
• Italian: chiusa — passage for water
• Italian: scolmatore — passage for water
• Italian: canale di scarico — passage for water
• Italian: drenaggio — passage for water
• Italian: cateratta — passage for water
• Italian: cataratta — passage for water
• Italian: paratoia — passage for water
• Italian: saracinesca — passage for water
• Italian: canale artificiale — passage for water
• Japanese: 水門 (suimon) — passage for water
• Macedonian: засун (zasun) — passage for water
• Middle English: scluse — passage for water
• Norwegian: sluse — passage for water
• Polish: śluza — passage for water
• Portuguese: eclusa — passage for water
• Romanian: ecluza — passage for water
• Romanian: deschizatura — passage for water
• Russian: шлюз (šljuz) — passage for water
• Serbo-Croatian: устава — passage for water
• Serbo-Croatian: сплавница — passage for water
• Serbo-Croatian: брана — passage for water
• Serbo-Croatian: јаз — passage for water
• Serbo-Croatian: ustava — passage for water
• Serbo-Croatian: splavnica — passage for water
• Serbo-Croatian: brana — passage for water
• Serbo-Croatian: jaz — passage for water
• Spanish: esclusa — passage for water
• Spanish: presa — passage for water
• Spanish: compuerta (sluicegate) — passage for water
• Spanish: aguatocho — passage for water
• Swedish: sluss — passage for water
• Ukrainian: шлюз (šljuz) — passage for water
• Vietnamese: cống — passage for water
• Volapük: klut — passage for water
• Finnish: juoksuttaa tulvaluukkujen kautta — to emit by flood gates
• Polish: wypuszczać przez śluzy — to emit by flood gates
• Polish: wypuścić przez śluzy — to emit by flood gates
• Spanish: embalsar — to emit by flood gates
• Bulgarian: обливам (oblivam) — to wet copiously
• Finnish: tulvittaa — to wet copiously
• Italian: allagare — to wet copiously
• Italian: inondare — to wet copiously
• Italian: intridere — to wet copiously
• Italian: bagnare — to wet copiously
• Polish: zwilżać — to wet copiously
• Polish: zwilżyć — to wet copiously
• Bulgarian: промивам (promivam) — to wash in water running through a sluice
• Finnish: rännittää — to wash in water running through a sluice
• Italian: lavare — to wash in water running through a sluice
• Māori: horoi tuakirikiri — to wash in water running through a sluice
• Polish: płukać — to wash in water running through a sluice
• Polish: wypłukać — to wash in water running through a sluice
• Polish: przemywać — to wash in water running through a sluice
• Polish: przemyć — to wash in water running through a sluice
• Spanish: lavar en agua corriente — to wash in water running through a sluice