enceinte (redirected from enceintes)

en·ceinte ¹  (n-snt, än-snt)

adj.

Carrying an unborn child; pregnant.

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[French, from Old French, ultimately from Latin incins, pregnant; see keu- in Indo-European roots.]

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en·ceinte ²  (n-snt, än-snt, ä-st)

n.

1. An encircling fortification around a fort, castle, or town.

2. A structure or an area protected by an encircling fortification.

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[French, from Late Latin incncta, from feminine past participle of incingere, to surround closely : Latin in-, in; see in-² + Latin cingere, to gird; see kenk- in Indo-European roots.]

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enceinte¹

adj

(Medicine / Gynaecology & Obstetrics) another word for pregnant

[from French, from Latin inciēns pregnant; related to Greek enkuos, from kuein to be pregnant]

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enceinte²

n

1. (Military) a boundary wall enclosing a defended area

2. (Military) the area enclosed

[from French: enclosure, from enceindre to encompass, from Latin incingere, from cingere to gird]

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

enceinte - in an advanced stage of pregnancy; "was big with child"; "was great with child" gravid, with child, expectant, great, large, big, heavy pregnant - carrying developing offspring within the body or being about to produce new life