enchevêtrer

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French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.ʃə.vɛ.tʁe/, /ɑ̃.ʃə.ve.tʁe/
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Verb[edit]

enchevêtrer

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

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