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noun, masculine

huis

/ɥi/

noun, masculine/ɥi/

a door, access

Related: huis clos, à huis clos, huissier

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.)