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The French word for lock is
serrure





lock

Gender

The gender of serrure is feminine. E.g. la serrure.

Plural

The plural of serrure is serrures.

French Definition


lock
     1. n. Serrure (à clé).
     2. n. Écluse.
     3. n. Sas (dans l'eau).
     4. n. Mèche (de cheveux).
     5. v. Fermer, fermer à clé.
     6. v. Enfermer, Renfermer.
     7. v. Verrouiller (avec un verrou).
     8. v. Informatique Verrouiller.



Translations for lock and their definitions

serrure
     1. n-f. lock
Image illustrating the French word serrure


fermer à clé
     1. v. Alternative spelling of fermer à clef


verrouiller
     1. v. to bolt, to bolt up (lock with a bolt)
     2. v. to lock (to prevent something ,e.g. a button or keypad, from performing its task)


cadenas ©
     1. n-m. padlock
Image illustrating the French word cadenas


mèche ©
     1. n-f. wick (of candle)
     2. n-f. fuse (of a bomb)
     3. n-f. lock, tuft (of hair); streak (of colour, etc., in hair)
     4. n-f. (medicine) packing
     5. n-f. drill bit
     6. n-f. (musical instruments, lutherie, bowmaking) hair
     7. n-f. (Louisiana French, Cajun French) marsh
Image illustrating the French word mèche


se bloquer


écluse
     1. n-f. sluice, lock (of canal)
     2. v. first-person singular present of écluser
     3. v. third-person singular present of écluser
     4. v. second-person singular imperative of écluser
Image illustrating the French word écluse


verrou
     1. n-m. (on a door) bolt
     2. n-m. (on a gun) lock
     3. n-m. (computer science) lock, mutex
Image illustrating the French word verrou


se verrouiller


sas
     1. n-m. sieve
     2. n-m. lock (of canal)
     3. n-m. airlock; security door


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