entraver

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.tʁa.ve/

Etymology 1

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

Verb

entraver

  1. to hinder; to impede

Etymology 2

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

Verb

entraver

  1. (slang, dated) to understand
Conjugation

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