/e.tʁwa/
Translation
narrow, tight
Word origin
From Latin strictus ('drawn tight'), the past participle of stringere ('to draw tight, bind'). English strict and stringent share the same root.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- stringere
- English cognates
- strict, stringent
Grammar
Examples
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The street is too narrow for lorries.
.
He is wearing tight trousers.
l' .
We are cramped in this small flat.
The idiom à l' does not mean "to be narrow" but "to be cramped, short of space" - said of a flat, an office, even a schedule. The adjective works the same way figuratively as it does literally.
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