empêtrer

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French

Etymology

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *impastoriāre, derived from Latin pastārī.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.pɛ.tʁe/ ~ /ɑ̃.pe.tʁe/
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Verb

empêtrer

  1. to ensnare, to entangle, to bog down
    Antonym: dépêtrer
    • 2024 July 8, “Le coup de massue pour l'extrême droite”, in La Provence, sourced from AFP, page 3:
      [] le résultat d’hier jette à nouveau un doute quant à la capacité pour l’extrême droite de gagner une élection nationale, empêtrée dans des accusations d’amateurisme, à l’image de dizaines de ses candidats épinglés pour des sorties racistes, antisémites ou complotistes, [] .
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