enlace

See also: enlacé

English

Etymology

From Old French enlacer.

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -eɪs

Verb

enlace (third-person singular simple present enlaces, present participle enlacing, simple past and past participle enlaced)

1. (transitive) To bind or encircle with lace, or as with lace

   Synonyms: lace, encircle, enfold

   • c. 1515–1516, published 1568, John Skelton, Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c.:

     But yet I may ſay ſafely, so many wel lettred
     Embraudred, enlaſid together, and fettred,
     And ſo little learning, ſo lewdly alowed,
     What fault find ye herein but may be avowed?

2. (transitive, figurative, by extension) To entangle.

Anagrams

• Celena, canelé, cleane, elance

French

Verb

enlace

1. inflection of enlacer:
   1. first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

Galician

Noun

enlace m (plural enlaces)

1. link
2. (chemistry) bond

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈla.si/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈla.si/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈla.si/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈla.si/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽˈla.se/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩˈla.se/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽˈla.sɨ/

Etymology 1

Deverbal from enlaçar (“to entwine”).

Noun

enlace m (plural enlaces)

1. intertwining

   Synonym: enlaçamento

2. connection, link

   Synonyms: conexão, ligação

3. (figuratively) marriage

   Synonym: casamento

4. hug

   Synonym: abraço

Etymology 2

Verb

enlace

1. inflection of enlaçar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Spain) /enˈlaθe/ [ẽnˈla.θe]
• IPA^(key): (Latin America, Philippines) /enˈlase/ [ẽnˈla.se]
• Rhymes: -aθe
• Rhymes: -ase
• Syllabification: en‧la‧ce

Etymology 1

Deverbal from enlazar.

Noun

enlace m (plural enlaces)

1. link, connection
2. bond, relationship
3. union, marriage
4. (chemistry) bond, linkage
5. (military, government) liaison
6. go-between
7. (computing) link, hyperlink

   Synonyms: hiperenlace, hipervínculo, vínculo

Derived terms

• enlace covalente

 

Related terms

• enlazar

 

Etymology 2

Verb

enlace

1. inflection of enlazar:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Further reading

• “enlace”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy, 2023 November 28