Translation
key
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Word origin
Built from ŝlosi (to lock), taken from German schliessen, plus the tool suffix -il-. German makes its word for key the same way: Schlüssel from schliessen.
- Origin
- Esperanto
- Root
- ŝlosi + -il-
Examples
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I cannot find my key.
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She locked the door with the key.
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The key to success is work.
A is literally a locking tool: (to lock) plus --, the suffix that names the instrument for a job. It is the standard demonstration of how Esperanto builds vocabulary, and German learners get it free because Schlüssel is built the same way. The figurative sense carries over exactly as in English: is the key to the problem.
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Start your free weekThis word is taught in chapter 12, lesson 3: ŝlosilo, japana, polico and 6 more words.