huis

Meaning

a door, access

Concepts

door

🚪

gate

doorway

portal

railing

threshold

room access

yett

gateway

grid

Synonyms

porte

🚪

portière

portail

entrée

seuil

embrasure d’une porte

embrasure de la porte

Translations

porta

🚪

puerta

🚪

porta

porta

ianua

portão

Tür

🚪

πόρτα

θύρα

derî

🚪

dergeh

deur

🚪

ostium

🚪

kapı

🚪

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɥi/

Etymology

Inherited from Old French: huis

Inherited from Latin: ostium

Cognate with Walloon: ouxh

In summary

Inherited from Old French huis m, from Latin ostium n. Compare Walloon ouxh m. The h was added to avoid confusion with vis, as u and v were historically interchangeable. (Compare huile, huit, huître for use of unetymological h.)