enchevêtrer

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French, Old French enchevestrer. By surface analysis, en- +‎ chevêtre +‎ -er. Alternatively, according to the TLFi, from a Vulgar Latin *incapistrāre or *encapistrāre, from Latin capistrāre. Compare Catalan, Occitan, and Spanish encabestrar; Portuguese encabrestar; Italian incapestrare; Romanian încăpăstra; and Sardinian incrabistare.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ʃə.vɛ.tʁe/ ~ /ɑ̃.ʃə.ve.tʁe/
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Verb

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enchevêtrer

  1. (transitive) to tangle up
  2. (transitive) to entangle, to involve, to implicate
  3. (reflexive) to become tangled
  4. (reflexive) to get tangled up, to get mixed up [with dans ‘in something’]

Conjugation

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