enceinte
Appearance
See also: enceinté
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Adjective
[edit]enceinte (not comparable)
- Pregnant.
- 1909, James Anthony Froude et al., The Reign of Henry the Eighth, volume I:
- And the time was pressing, for the new queen was enceinte, and further concealment was not to be thought of.
Synonyms
[edit]- See also Thesaurus:pregnant
Noun
[edit]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 (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Old French enceinte, from Latin incīncta, feminine past participle of incingō. Compare Italian incinta, Spanish and Catalan encinta.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]enceinte f (feminine only, feminine plural enceintes)
Usage notes
[edit]The masculine form enceint is sometimes used with regard to transgender men, for species with male pregnancy such as seahorses, with non-animate masculine noun referents (e.g. le corps enceint), as well as in metaphorical, jocular, or fantastic contexts.
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- English: enceinte
Noun
[edit]enceinte f (plural enceintes)
Participle
[edit]enceinte f sg
Further reading
[edit]- “enceinte”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Old French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin incīncta, feminine of incīnctus.
Adjective
[edit]enceinte
Descendants
[edit]- French: enceinte
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