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View synonyms for enceinte
enceinte
1[ en-seynt, ahn-sant; French ahn-sant ]
adjective
- pregnant; with child.
enceinte
2[ en-seynt, ahn-sant; French ahn-sant ]
noun
, plural en·ceintes [en-, seynts, en-, sants, ah, n, -, sant].
- a wall or enclosure, as of a fortified place.
- the place enclosed.
enceinte
1/ ɑ̃sɛ̃t; ɒnˈsænt /
enceinte
2/ ɑ̃sɛ̃t; ɒnˈsænt /
noun
- a boundary wall enclosing a defended area
- the area enclosed
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of enceinte1
C17: from French, from Latin inciēns pregnant; related to Greek enkuos, from kuein to be pregnant
Origin of enceinte2
C18: from French: enclosure, from enceindre to encompass, from Latin incingere , from cingere to gird
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Example Sentences
Her face, which was ludicrously plain, matched her figure, which seemed without being so to be perpetually enceinte.
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When she first became enceinte, she put her mind on the rack, to think what name she should give to her child.
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We pass over the time between the marriage and when the Princess Charlotte was declared enceinte.
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Item, upon the wife of Jean Bourgaize, while she was enceinte.
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Being enceinte, she was obliged to remain comparatively quiet, which she did very willingly.
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