enceinte
See also: enceinté
English
Etymology
Adjective
enceinte (not comparable)
- Pregnant.
- 1909, James Anthony Froude et al., The Reign of Henry the Eighth, vol. I:
- And the time was pressing, for the new queen was enceinte, and further concealment was not to be thought of.
- 1909, James Anthony Froude et al., The Reign of Henry the Eighth, vol. I:
Synonyms
- See also Thesaurus:pregnant
Noun
enceinte (plural enceintes)
- An enclosure.
- 1853, Abbé de St. Michon [i.e., Jean-Hippolyte Michon], chapter XIV, in [anonymous], transl., Narrative of a Religious Journey in the East in 1850 and 1851, London: Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 338:
- These labours upon Phœnician necropoli are of great importance. [...] M. [Louis Félicien] de Saulcy, one of the first travellers who has thrown light upon these necropoli, devoted himself to a very interesting examination of the tombs of the kings, of the prophets and judges, and upon the immense necropolis that surrounds Jerusalem, like a funeral enceinte.
- 1982, Lawrence Durrell, Constance, Faber & Faber 2004 (Avignon Quintet), p. 824:
- And so across the bridge and into the enceinte of the massive walls, threading their way towards the quarter where the morgue lay.
- The line of works forming the main enclosure of a fortress.
- The area or town enclosed by a line of fortification.
- S. W. Williams
- The suburbs are not unfrequently larger than their enceinte.
- S. W. Williams
French
Etymology
From Old French enceinte, from Latin incīncta, feminine past participle of incingō. Compare Italian incinta, Spanish and Catalan encinta.
Pronunciation
Adjective
enceinte f (feminine only, feminine plural enceintes)
Usage notes
The masculine form enceint is occasionally used for species with male pregnancy, such as seahorses, as well as in metaphorical senses.
Derived terms
Descendants
- English: enceinte (the new queen was enceinte)
Noun
enceinte f (plural enceintes)
Participle
enceinte f sg
- feminine singular of the past participle of enceindre
Further reading
- “enceinte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
Etymology
From Latin incīncta, feminine of incīnctus.
Adjective
enceinte
Descendants
- French: enceinte
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