entraver
French, verb/ɑ̃.tʁa.ve/
entraver is spelled E-N-T-R-A-V-E-R (8 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written French, the 22,196th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Entraver is a French verb meaning “to hinder; to impede” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gêner, empêcher la marche par une entrave”.
What does entraver mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hinder; to impede
- 2
to fetter; to shackle
verb
- 1
datedslangto understand
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Gêner, empêcher la marche par une entrave. 2. Arrêter quelque chose ou quelqu’un dans sa marche, empêcher. 3. Se prendre dans des entraves. 4. Se faire mutuellement obstacle.
verb: 1. Comprendre ; capter ; piger.
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 entraver
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- entravant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- entravé participle past
- entrave first-person indicative present
- entraves indicative present second-person
- entravons first-person indicative plural
- entravez indicative plural present
- entravent indicative plural present
- entravais first-person imperfect indicative
- entravait imperfect indicative singular
- entravions first-person imperfect indicative
- entraviez imperfect indicative plural
- entravaient imperfect indicative plural
- entravai first-person historic indicative
- entravas historic indicative past
- entrava historic indicative past
- entravâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce entraver?
- /ɑ̃.tʁa.ve/
- \ɑ̃.tʁa.ve\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to entraver
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is entraver in French?
entraver appears 1.8 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).