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Synonyms for enceinte

Grammar : Adj
Spell : en-seynt, ahn-sant; French ahn-sant
Phonetic Transcription : ɛnˈseɪnt, ɑnˈsænt; French ɑ̃ˈsɛ̃t

Définition of enceinte

Origin :
  • c.1600, insente, from French enceinte "pregnant" (12c.), from Late Latin incincta (source of Italian incinta), usually explained as "ungirt," from Latin in-, privative prefix (see in- (1)), + cincta, fem. of cinctus, past participle of cingere "to gird" (see cinch). Modern form is 18c., perhaps a reborrowing from French.
  • adj pregnant
Example sentences :
  • This caponnière is on a lower level than the enceinte of the place.
  • Extract from : « The Life of Gordon, Volume I » by Demetrius Charles Boulger
  • There are many signs of that result—not least that your sister is enceinte.
  • Extract from : « The Letters of Cicero, Volume 1 » by Marcus Tullius Cicero
  • Girl or wife, I don't know which; but I can swear she was enceinte.
  • Extract from : « Sister Anne (Novels of Paul de Kock, Volume X) » by Charles Paul de Kock
  • Portions of the wall of enceinte are to be found upon the south and east.
  • Extract from : « British Castles » by Charles H. Ashdown
  • She discovered that she was enceinte and joyfully informed Julien of the fact.
  • Extract from : « The Red and the Black » by Stendhal
  • The rest of the enceinte consisted of the ditch and walls and towers.
  • Extract from : « The Story of Nuremberg » by Cecil Headlam
  • The summit of the crag, in the usual Moorish fashion, is crowned by an old castle, the enceinte of which is rather extensive.
  • Extract from : « Excursions in the mountains of Ronda and Granada, with characteristic sketches of the inhabitants of southern Spain, vol. 1/2 » by Charles Rochfort Scott
  • Your daughter declares that she is enceinte and weeps all day.
  • Extract from : « New Zealanders at Gallipoli » by Major Fred Waite
  • The towers on the other side of the enceinte were, as I have said, intended mainly for defence.
  • Extract from : « Southern Spain » by A.F. Calvert
  • The ranges were so great that hitherto the fire from the enceinte was not yet subdued.
  • Extract from : « The Franco-German War of 1870-71 » by Count Helmuth, von Moltke

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