Translation
to lock
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Word origin
From German schliessen ('to shut, to lock'), the verb behind Schloss, a lock. Esperanto took the verb and derived the instrument from it rather than the other way round.
- Origin
- German
- Root
- schliessen
Examples
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Do not forget to lock the door.
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She locked the house and left.
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That key does not lock the gate.
shuts a door; turns a key in it. The tool comes from the verb by the ordinary -- suffix, so is "the thing you lock with" - a key. To unlock is i, and the whole set falls out of one root without a single new word to learn.
Where this fits
Word family
Words built on ŝlosi with Esperanto's affixes. Read each one from its parts.
- ŝlosilonoun
key
ŝlosi-il-
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 16, lesson 6: ŝlosi, tradicio, krajono and 7 more words.