"excuus" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [Dutch]

IPA: /ɛksˈkys/ Audio: Nl-excuus.ogg Forms: excusen [plural], excuses [plural], excuusje [diminutive, neuter]
Rhymes: -ys Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French excuse, from excuser (“to excuse”), itself from Latin excusare (“release from a charge”), itself from ex- (“out, away”) + causa (“accusation, legal action”). Etymology templates: {{bor|nl|frm|excuse}} Middle French excuse, {{m|frm|excuser||to excuse}} excuser (“to excuse”), {{der|nl|la|excuso||release from a charge|alt=excusare}} Latin excusare (“release from a charge”), {{m|la|ex-||out, away}} ex- (“out, away”), {{m|la|causa||accusation, legal action}} causa (“accusation, legal action”) Head templates: {{nl-noun|n|-en|excuusje|pl2=-es}} excuus n (plural excusen or excuses, diminutive excuusje n)
  1. An excuse, apology, explanation to avoid or alleviate guilt or negative judgement Tags: neuter Synonyms: verontschuldiging
    Sense id: en-excuus-nl-noun-MSIpYpif Categories (other): Dutch entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Dutch entries with incorrect language header: 82 18
  2. An excuse, pretext Tags: neuter Synonyms: voorwendsel
    Sense id: en-excuus-nl-noun-pnoaq4wT
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: excuusbrief, excuusneger, excuustruus Related terms: excuseren

Inflected forms

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