cluse

French

Etymology

From Latin clusa.

Pronunciation

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Noun

cluse f (plural cluses)

1. water gap
2. defile

Further reading

• “cluse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Participle

clūse

1. vocative masculine singular of clūsus

Old English

Alternative forms

• clūs

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *klūsā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkluː.se/, [ˈkluː.ze]

Noun

clūse f

1. bar, bolt
2. enclosure
3. a narrow pass or passageway
4. cell; prison
5. dam

Declension

Declension of cluse (weak)

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	clūse	clūsan
accusative	clūsan	clūsan
genitive	clūsan	clūsena
dative	clūsan	clūsum

Derived terms

• mynsterclūse

Related terms

• beclȳsan
• clȳsan
• forclȳsan

Descendants

• Middle English: cluse, clouse, clowse