freiner

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French

Etymology

(1907) From Latin frenare. Equivalent to frein +‎ -er.

Cf. also Old French frener, from Latin freno, frenare.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fʁɛ.ne/ ~ /fʁe.ne/
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Verb

freiner

  1. to brake
  2. (figuratively) to put a stop on, to slow down the progress of
    • 2015 October 31, “Migrants : Allemagne restreint les accès à sa frontière avec Autriche”, in Le Monde:
      En milieu de semaine, Berlin avait déjà annoncé qu’il prolongerait une nouvelle fois ses « contrôles temporaires » aux frontières, mis en place depuis le 13 septembre pour freiner l’afflux des migrants.
      In the middle of the week, Berlin had already announced that it would prolong these "temporary checks" at the borders once more, which were put in place to slow down the influx of migrants.

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