engrenage
French
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Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
engrenage m (plural engrenages)
- gear (a wheel with grooves)
- (figuratively) inescapable sequence of events
Further reading
engrenage on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
- “engrenage”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.