engrenage

French

engrenage

Etymology

From engrener +‎ -age.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɑ̃.ɡʁə.naʒ/

Noun

engrenage m (plural engrenages)

gear (a wheel with grooves)
(figuratively) inescapable sequence of events

Further reading

engrenage on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr
“engrenage” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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