First Known Use: 1602
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1enceinte
adjective en·ceinte \äⁿ(n)-ˈsant\
Definition of ENCEINTE
: pregnant 4
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Origin of ENCEINTE
French, perhaps from Vulgar Latin *incenta, alteration of Latin incient-, inciens being with young, modification of Greek enkyos pregnant, from en- + kyein to be pregnant — more at cyme
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Rhymes with ENCEINTE
aslant, bacchant, bacchante, bezant, courante, decant, descant, displant, eggplant, enchant, explant, extant, face-plant, fire ant, formant, gallant, Gallant, gas plant, grandaunt, houseplant, ice plant, implant, incant, jade plant, land grant, leadplant, levant, Levant, musk plant, pieplant, pissant, plainchant, pourpoint, preplant, recant, red ant, replant, savant, seed plant, snow plant, supplant, transplant, white ant
2enceinte
noun
Definition of ENCEINTE
: a line of fortification enclosing a castle or town; also : the area so enclosed
Origin of ENCEINTE
French, from Old French, enclosing wall, from enceindre to surround, from Latin incingere, from in- + cingere to gird — more at cincture
First Known Use: circa 1708
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adjective en·ceinte \äⁿ(n)-ˈsant\
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