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entrave

French, noun

entrave is spelled E-N-T-R-A-V-E (7 letters) and appears 3.2 times per million words in written French, the 15,113th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entrave is a French feminine noun meaning “hobble (chain)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of entraver. With an accent, entravé is a different word: “past participle of entraver”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Lien qu’on met aux jambes d’un animal, ou traverse suspendue par une corde à son cou, pour en gêner la marche”.

What does entrave mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininehobble (chain)

  2. 2

    femininefetter (chain)

  3. 3

    femininehindrance, obstacle

verb

  1. 1

    first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive

  2. 2

    second-person singular imperative

verb

as entravé
  1. 1

    past participle of entraver

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Lien qu’on met aux jambes d’un animal, ou traverse suspendue par une corde à son cou, pour en gêner la marche. 2. Lien pour attacher les prisonniers, les condamnés ou les esclaves. 3. Obstacle, empêchement, gêne, contrainte.

adjective: 1. Qui porte une entrave. 2. Qui est freiné, gêné dans l’action.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of entrave

  • entraves plural
  • entravée feminine
  • entravés masculine plural
  • entravées feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to entrave

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is entrave in French?

entrave appears 3.2 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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