| 单词 | enceinte |
| 释义 | enceinte1[ en-seynt, ahn-sant; French ahn-sant ] / ɛnˈseɪnt, ɑnˈsænt; French ɑ̃ˈsɛ̃t / SEE SYNONYMS FOR enceinte ON THESAURUS.COM adjectivepregnant; with child. Origin of enceinte11590–1600; <Middle French <Late Latin incincta, perhaps literally “ungirded,” equivalent to Latin in-in-3 + cincta, feminine of cinctus, past participle of cingere to belt, gird, surround Words nearby enceinteencasement, encash, encastré, encaustic, -ence, enceinte, Enceladus, encephal-, encephalalgia, encephalasthenia, encephalatrophy Definition for enceinte (2 of 2)enceinte2 [ en-seynt, ahn-sant; French ahn-sant ] / ɛnˈseɪnt, ɑnˈsænt; French ɑ̃ˈsɛ̃t / noun, plural en·ceintes [en-seynts, en-sants; French ahn-sant]. /ɛnˈseɪnts, ɛnˈsænts; French ɑ̃ˈsɛ̃t/.a wall or enclosure, as of a fortified place. the place enclosed. Origin of enceinte21700–10; <French: enclosure, also girding fence or rampart <Latin incincta, noun use of feminine of incinctus girded in (past participle of incingere), equivalent to in-in-2 + cing- gird + -tus past participle suffix Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for enceinteBritish Dictionary definitions for enceinte (1 of 2)enceinte1 / (ɒnˈsænt, French ɑ̃sɛ̃t) / adjectiveanother word for pregnant Word Origin for enceinteC17: from French, from Latin inciēns pregnant; related to Greek enkuos, from kuein to be pregnant British Dictionary definitions for enceinte (2 of 2)enceinte2 / (ɒnˈsænt, French ɑ̃sɛ̃t) / nouna boundary wall enclosing a defended area the area enclosed Word Origin for enceinteC18: from French: enclosure, from enceindre to encompass, from Latin incingere, from cingere to gird Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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