enceinte

¹ American  

[en-seynt, ahn-sant, ahn-sant] / ɛnˈseɪnt, ɑnˈsænt, ɑ̃ˈsɛ̃t /

adjective

1. pregnant; with child.

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enceinte ² American  

[en-seynt, ahn-sant, ahn-sant] / ɛnˈseɪnt, ɑnˈsænt, ɑ̃ˈsɛ̃t /

noun

plural

enceintes

1. a wall or enclosure, as of a fortified place.

2. the place enclosed.

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enceinte ¹ British  

/ ɑ̃sɛ̃t, ɒnˈsænt /

noun

1. a boundary wall enclosing a defended area

2. the area enclosed

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enceinte ² British  

/ ɑ̃sɛ̃t, ɒnˈsænt /

adjective

1. another word for pregnant

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Etymology

Origin of enceinte¹

1590–1600; < Middle French < Late Latin incincta, perhaps literally “ungirded,” equivalent to Latin in- in- ³ + cincta, feminine of cinctus, past participle of cingere to belt, gird, surround

Origin of enceinte²

1700–10; < French: enclosure, also girding fence or rampart < Latin incincta, noun use of feminine of incinctus girded in (past participle of incingere ), equivalent to in- in- ² + cing- gird + -tus past participle suffix

Example Sentences

Its remains include an identifying tell mound, at the northern end of the site, a polygonal inner wall circuit, and a large outer defensive wall, or enceinte.

From Science Daily • Apr. 19, 2024

And when Annette Bening appeared at the Academy Awards in 2000, gloriously enceinte in a dark gown, it sparked “a revolution,” Ms. Fuller said.

From New York Times • May 15, 2013

Among the living was his enceinte fian cee, Ir�ne Jodart.

From Time Magazine Archive

She did not, howevet, occupy it when her husband, Emperor Yoshihito, was enthroned in 1915 because she was enceinte.

From Time Magazine Archive

A few hours after, the Versaillese, crossing the Seine, established themselves before Boulogne in front of the bastions of the Point du Jour, and opened a trench three hundred yards from the enceinte.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.