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detenir

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Catalan

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin dētinēre.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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detenir (first-person singular present detinc, first-person singular preterite detinguí, past participle detingut); root stress: (Central, Valencia, Balearic) /e/

  1. (transitive) to stop, to block
  2. (transitive) to detain
    • 2017 January 4, Julia Camacho, “Detinguda la meitat de la plantilla dela Guàrdia Civil per narcotràfic”, in El Periódico[1]:
      Els veïns d'Isla Mayor (Sevilla), un petit municipi a la riba del riu Guadalquivir, fa dies que estan en estat de xoc després de saber que la meitat de la plantilla de la caserna de la Guàrdia Civil, començant pel sergent, està detinguda per narcotràfic
      The residents of Isla Mayor (Sevilla), a small municipality on the bank of the Guadalquivir river, have been in a state of shock for days after learning that half of the staff of the Guardia Civil's barracks, starting with the sergeant, is detained for drug trafficking.

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Further reading

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Old French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin detinere, present active infinitive of detineo.

Verb

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detenir

  1. to detain (to keep as a prisoner; to not allow to leave)

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem detien distinct from the unstressed stem deten, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

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  • English: detain
  • French: détenir

References

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  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (detenir, supplement)