contrainte

French

Etymology

From the feminine of contraint; Middle French constrainte.

Noun

contrainte f (plural contraintes)

Related terms

contraindre

Verb

contrainte

feminine singular of the past participle of contraindre

Further reading

“contrainte” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

contraient

Middle French

Alternative forms

constrainte

Etymology

From the feminine of contraint, constraint.

Noun

contrainte f (plural contraintes)

constraint

References

Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (contrainte, supplement)

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