entraver

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.tʁa.ve/

Etymology 1

Possibly from en- + tref, or borrowed from Old Occitan entravar, from trau, from Latin trabem.

Verb

entraver

  1. to hinder; to impede
    Synonym: empêcher
  2. to fetter; to shackle

Etymology 2

Inherited from Old French enterver (understand) (influenced by the above word), inherited from Latin interrogāre (to ask, question), present active infinitive of interrogō. Doublet of interroger.

Verb

entraver

  1. (slang, dated) to understand
Conjugation

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