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entrenchment en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English entrench Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-mentom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English entrenchment From entrench + -ment.

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) The process of entrenching or something which entrenches
  2. (countable, uncountable) A fortification constructed of trenches

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
entrenchments Number=Plur lexicographic
intrenchment alternative lexicographic

Deriveds

nonentrenchment

Translations (9)

fr retranchement (2. A fortification constructed of trenches) · de Schanze (2. A fortification constructed of trenches) · de Verschanzung (2. A fortification constructed of trenches) · de Schanzanlage (2. A fortification constructed of trenches) · es atrincheramiento (2. A fortification constructed of trenches) · pt entrincheiramento (2. A fortification constructed of trenches) · it trincieramento (2. A fortification constructed of trenches) · mt trunċiera (2. A fortification constructed of trenches) · pt tranqueira (2. A fortification constructed of trenches)