contrainte

From the feminine of contraint; Middle French constrainte.

contrainte f (plural contraintes)

1. constraint
2. requirement, demand
3. (physics) stress

• contraindre

contrainte

1. feminine singular of the past participle of contraindre

• “contrainte” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• contraient

• constrainte

From the feminine of contraint, constraint.

contrainte f (plural contraintes)

1. constraint

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (contrainte, supplement)