French edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Possibly from en- + tref, or borrowed from Old Occitan entravar, from trau, from Latin trabem.

Verb edit

entraver

  1. to hinder; to impede
    Synonym: empêcher
  2. to fetter; to shackle

Etymology 2 edit

Inherited from Old French enterver (understand) (influenced by the above word), inherited from Latin interrogāre (to ask, question), present active infinitive of interrogō. Doublet of interroger.

Verb edit

entraver

  1. (slang, dated) to understand
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