ɑ̃sɛ̃t
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Translation
pregnant; enclosure
Word origin
From Latin incincta. The 'pregnant' sense reflects in- ('not') plus cincta ('girded'), an ungirded woman who could no longer wear a belt, while the 'enclosure' sense is from incingere ('to gird around'). Both rest on cingere ('to gird'), which gives English precinct and succinct.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- incincta
- English cognates
- precinct, succinct
Grammar
Feminineenceinte
Masc pluralenceintes
Fem pluralenceintes
Examples
.
She is six months pregnant.
repos.
A pregnant woman needs rest.
' ' .
She has just told me she is pregnant.
.
My sister is six months pregnant now.
' .
She found out she was pregnant last week.
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