étrécir

French

Etymology

Old French estrecier, from Vulgar Latin *strictiare, from Latin strictus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /etʁesiʁ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

étrécir

  1. (archaic, transitive) to make narrow
Usage notes

Only the prefixed verb rétrécir is used in contemporary French.

Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

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