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English
Etymology
Borrowed from French enjambement.
Noun
enjambement (countable and uncountable, plural enjambements)
- Alternative spelling of enjambment.
French
Etymology
From enjamber (“to stride; to straddle”) + -ment.
Pronunciation
Noun
enjambement m (plural enjambements)
- (poetry) enjambment
- (biology) crossing-over
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